Today marks the 78th anniversary of the birth of the greatest Soviet poet, musician, actor Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky - a man without whom it is impossible to imagine Russia and unravel the phenomenon of the "mysterious Russian soul".
It is hardly worth choosing words in order to try to describe his contribution to the culture of the past era and the life of each of us. Suffice it to recall the lines of his immortal poems. We present 40 most famous quotes and excerpts from the poems of Vladimir Semenovich. R.I.P.
"God created man
Like a test dummy...
Children's years of Vladimir Vysotsky. 1946 From the archive of N.M. Vysotskaya
"What strange things..
We mold in Russia!”
Vladimir Vysotsky at the screen test. Mid 60s
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“Domes in Russia are covered with pure gold -
So that the Lord notices more often ... "
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“My finish is the horizon, and the tape is the edge of the earth
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“We managed: to visit God
There are no delays.
So why are the angels singing?
With such angry voices?!”
Khimki, Moscow region, House of Culture "Rodina", 1975
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"The vanity of all vanities is still vanity..."
1979photo by Igor Palmin
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"You calm down, calm down longing,
In my chest!
This is just a hint
A fairy tale is ahead ... "
DK "Vostok", Leningrad, 1966, photo by N. Drozdetskaya
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"Silence, only seagulls, like lightning
Emptiness we feed them from the hands
But our reward for Silence
There will definitely be sound ... "
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“Why should I be the soul of society,
When there is no soul in it at all!
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“Everyone returns - except for best friends,
In addition to the most beloved and devoted women.
Everyone returns - except for those who are needed more ... "
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“After all, the Earth is our soul,
Boots do not trample the soul!
1972 Photo by A. Gershman
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“My finish is the horizon, and the ribbon is the edge of the earth.
I have to be the first on the horizon!”
Vladimir Vysotsky on the set of Kinopanorama, Moscow, January 22, 1980. Photo by B. Palatnik
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We learn a lot from books
And the truths are transmitted orally:
"There are no prophets in their own country"
Yes, and in other fatherlands - not a lot ... "
July 1980 To the concert hall in Lyubertsy
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“I breathe, which means I love!
I love, and therefore - I live!
Vladimir Vysotsky on the ship "Georgia"
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“Amazing is nearby, but it is forbidden!”
Photo by Viktor Akhlomov. A scene from the play "Anti-Worlds".
Theater on Taganka, Moscow. 1966
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"I don't like any season,
When I don’t sing cheerful songs ... "
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“My cheekbones with annoyance reduces:
It seems to me which year
That where I am, life passes there,
And where there is no me, - goes ... "
Vladimir Vysotsky in Moscow, Cinema House, 1976. Photo by D. Chizhkov
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“If they turn away, then they didn’t love enough”
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“With power, with money, with the crown,
The fate of people tosses like kittens ... "
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"Who did not believe in bad prophecies,
In the snow did not lie down for a moment to rest,
The reward for loneliness
Someone must meet"
Photo by Valery Plotnikov
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“So everything that is prophesied comes true!
The train leaves for heaven, happy journey!
Oh, how we want, how we all want not to die,
Namely, sleep ... "
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“I think that the scientists lied, they have a puncture in their theory, a cut: development is not going in a spiral, but at random, at odds, across”
Moscow, DK. Ilyich, December 1977. Photo by A. Sternin
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“In my soul is a desert desert, -
So what are you standing over my empty soul!
Fragments of songs there and a web, -
And the rest she took with her ... "
Vladimir Vysotsky with students before a performance at Queens College in January 1979. Photo by Natasha Sharymova
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"Pure truth will someday triumph if it does the same as a blatant lie"
Moscow, 1980. Photo by V. Kiselev
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"Learn tightly, do not forget
And repeat like a spell:
"Do not lose faith in the fog,
And don’t lose yourself!’”
Scene from the play “Listen!”, 1966, photo by O. Shiryaeva
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“Of course, I will return - all in friends and in dreams,
Of course, I’ll sing - it won’t even take six months ... "
Vladimir Vysotsky in 1979. Photo by V. Murashko
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"That's really
Everything is relative, -
Everything, everything, everything…”
Moscow, DK Ilyich, December 1977, photo by A. Sternin
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“The whole world in the palm of your hand - you are happy and dumb
And just a little jealous of those
Others - for whom the peak is yet to come ... "
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"Your soul aspired upward -
Born again with a dream
But if you lived like a pig -
Stay a pig..."
Photo by Anatoly Garanin
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But even bright minds
Everything is placed between the lines:
They have a long term…”
Frame from the film "Bad Good Man", 1972
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“Well, the trembling in the hands has disappeared,
Now - up!
Well, fear fell into the abyss
Forever, forever.
No reason to stop
I'm sliding...
And there are no such peaks in the world,
What can not be taken ... "
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“It is necessary, it is necessary to pour salt on the wounds in order to remember better, let them hurt ...”
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“I don’t like well-fed confidence,
It's better to let the brakes fail ... "
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"When I drink and play,
Where will I end, on what - do not guess?
But there's only one thing I know:
I don't want to die..."
Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlady before their performance at Queens College in January 1979. Photo by Natasha Sharymova
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“Morning is wiser than evening, but there is something in the evening...”
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So leave unnecessary disputes,
I already proved everything to myself
Only mountains can be better than mountains,
Which have not yet been
Which have not yet been.
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... Do as I do.
This means: do not follow me.
This track is only mine,
Pick your lane.
Vladimir Vysotsky as Ryaboi. Frame from the film "Master of the Taiga"
Even today, decades after his death, Vysotsky's work remains just as understandable and relevant. This is because in his songs Vysotsky touched on topics that are important and close to every person, which do not have an expiration date.
He sang about injustice and about his country, openly and ironically criticized the authorities, confessed his love to women and never stopped dreaming. The editors of 5sfer have collected some statements by Vladimir Vysotsky that characterize him as a person and help to better understand what kind of person he was.
About life
- Snow without mud is like a long life without lies.
- A good, worthy person worries a lot, gets nervous, worries about his loved ones and dies before a bad one.
- I can not sleep. You can't sleep when there's so much unhappiness in the world and people snore.
- It is necessary, it is necessary to pour salt on the wounds in order to remember better, let them hurt.
- Domes in Russia are covered with pure gold - so that the Lord notices more often.
- Believe me, in some high sense - this ball is very boring. And there are no miracles.
About love:
- If you didn’t love, then you didn’t live and didn’t breathe!
- A woman you didn't fight for, you can't call dear.
About society
- There are few real violent ones - that's why there are no leaders.
- Why should I be the soul of society when there is no soul in it at all?
About power
- Yes, not everything that is above is from God ....
- They have money - chickens do not peck, and we do not have enough for vodka.
- You can't even fall freely, because we don't fall in a void.
- With power, money, or the crown - the fate of people tosses like kittens.
About wars
- It's not scary without a weapon - a toothy barracuda, a big one and without a weapon - a big one, is a consolation to us, and small people are not people without weapons: All small people without weapons are targets.
- There are no weeping widows near mass graves - stronger people go here, crosses are not put on mass graves. But does that make it easier?
- Who will believe that the Earth was burned? No, she turned black with grief.
About creativity
- An author's song is as different from a pop song as, say, a classical ballet is from a squat.
- I'm not looking for heroes - there are at least a thousand characters buried in each of us.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (1938-1980). The work of the famous poet and singer-songwriter to this day continues to be popular among people of various professions and cultural claims. As for the times of the USSR, it can be said without any exaggeration that Vysotsky was the idol of the vast majority of Soviet citizens. But not only. Colleagues of Vladimir Semyonovich in the theater and cinematography also knew how to appreciate his talent. Here are some statements of the poet's contemporaries.
1. Yuri Trifonov
One of the most popular (one might say, canonical) images of Vladimir Vysotsky
Trifonov Yuri Valentinovich (1925-1981) - Russian writer. The novel "Students" (1950; State Prize of the USSR, 1951); historical novel "Impatience" (1973) about the People's Will. The problem of moral choice in the atmosphere of the 60-70s, the theme of the revolution, the Civil War, Stalinist repressions as the basis of modern social anomalies in the story "Exchange" (1969); "Another Life" (1975); "House on the Embankment" (1976); "The Old Man" (1978), a documentary-memoir book "Reflection of the fire" (1965). In the novel "Time and Place" (1981) - the theme of creativity, history, comprehended as the fate of the writer.
I think Vysotsky could not have become such a popular person if he had not combined the talents of a great poet and a great artist, singer. But this is not all, it is also very important that he took the liberty of expressing the most vital and inexpressible to anyone: the true thing that the people really hurt, what they really thought about, which was the subject of everyday conversations of ordinary people among themselves.
2. Bulat Okudzhava
Vladimir Vysotsky in front of the posters of the Taganka Theater (1976)
Okudzhava Bulat Shalvovich (1924-1997) - Soviet and Russian poet, bard, prose writer and screenwriter, composer. One of the most prominent representatives of the author's song genre in the 1960s-1980s, the author of about two hundred author's and pop songs, including "Grape Seed" (aka "Georgian Song"), "Francois Villon's Prayer" ("As long as the Earth still spinning"), "Hopes of the Little Orchestra", "Sentries of Love", "Painters", "Midnight Trolleybus", "Union of Friends" ("He Raised the Sword on Our Union"), as well as many songs from films, for example, "Your nobility, madam Razluka” (film by V. Motyl “The White Sun of the Desert”) and “We Need One Victory” (film by A. Smirnov “Belorussky Station”).
He started from the primitive, from unambiguity, gradually enriching his poetic and civic vision, he reached high literary standards; he constantly learned from life, from literature, which happens to any poet, regardless of the degree of his giftedness. He began to write for a narrow circle of friends, but he came to the widest audience, he came to the ultimate expression of himself, and to express himself means to achieve the highest pleasure.
Of course, the guitar only exacerbates emotions, acting skills only show, exacerbate the essence, but in general - poetry, guitar, intonation - this is a genre in which he improved day by day.
Over the years, he became more professional ... Everything became genuine - and suffering, and hatred, and love. The verse became dense, metaphorical.
3. Ludmila Gurchenko
Vladimir Vysotsky in the film "Vertical" (directed by S. Govorukhin, 1966)
Gurchenko Lyudmila Markovna (1935-2011) - Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, pop singer, director, screenwriter, writer. People's Artist of the USSR (1983). Laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR. brothers Vasiliev (1976). Laureate of the State Prize of Russia (1994). Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II, III and IV degrees. Best known for her paintings: "Carnival Night" (1956), "Girl with a Guitar" (1958), "Old Walls" (1973), "Straw Hat" (1974), "Twenty Days Without War" (1976), "Five Evenings ”(1978),“ Beloved Woman of the Mechanic Gavrilov ”(1981),“ Station for Two ”(1982),“ Love and Pigeons ”(1984),“ My Sailor Woman ”(1990),“ Old Horses ”(2000).
He did not compose songs about a stellar, unreal life. He saw many imperfect things on earth. It seemed that everything was simple - take it and write about what is around - take it and write. An ... And there is no more such Vysotsky.
4. Stanislav Govorukhin
Vladimir Vysotsky in the film "The meeting place cannot be changed" (director S. Govorukhin, 1979)
Govorukhin Stanislav Sergeevich (b. 1936) - Soviet and Russian actor, film director, screenwriter, producer, political and public figure. Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture. Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR (1986). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2006). As a director, Govorukhin is best known for the films Vertical (1967), The Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), Ten Little Indians (1987), Voroshilov Shooter (1998); television films The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1981), In Search of Captain Grant (1986); documentary films “You Can’t Live Like This” (1990), “The Russia We Lost” (1992), “The Great Criminal Revolution” (1994).
The recording retained the voice, intonation, the meaning of the song, but how much was added to this by lively facial expressions, expressive eyes, swollen from the tension of the veins on the neck. He never performed his songs half-heartedly, At a concert, at home in front of friends, in a tent on a glacier, a crowded hall or a single listener - he sang and played, giving his all, to the end ...
The climbers considered him theirs. They believed that he was an experienced climber. And he saw mountains for the first time two months before he wrote songs about mountains.
The people who fought were sure that he was their comrade-in-arms - such a truth, skinned to the point of blood, climbed out of his military songs ...
In life, tragic and funny - side by side. Vysotsky's humor is present even in poems of high tragic intensity.
He possessed the talent to notice the funny to perfection. In the circle of close people he was an extremely funny person and a witty storyteller.
5. Marina Vlady
Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlady (1976)
Vladi Marina (b. 1938) is a French actress and singer of Russian origin. Member of the FKP, Vice-President of the Society "USSR - France". Winner of the prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Actress in Marco Ferreri's The Queen Bee (1963). Nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Winner of the Suzanne Bianchetti Prize for Best Young Actress at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival for her role in André Caillette's Before the Flood. In 2012 she received the Henri-Langlois Award for her film career. A chance meeting with Vladimir Vysotsky in 1968 grew into a great feeling, Marina Vlady became his wife. After his death in 1980, she wrote a memoir, Vladimir, or Interrupted Flight (1989).
His incredible energy tired everyone, but it also allowed him to create about 700 poetic works during such a short life.
... The use of half-forgotten terms, symbolic images, folk expressions, jargon, the characters of the characters who live, act, this lyricism, this depth of content is unique. With the music he created, Vysotsky emphasizes and complements the poetry of verse ...
6. Anatoly Efros
Vladimir Vysotsky as Hamlet in Shakespeare's play of the same name (staged by Y. Lyubimov)
Efros Anatoly Vasilyevich (Isaevich) (1925-87), Russian director, Honored Artist of Russia (1976). Since 1954 director of the Central Children's Theater, since 1963 chief director of the Moscow Theater. Lenin Komsomol, since 1967 director of the Moscow Drama Theater on M. Bronnaya, since 1984 chief director of the Moscow Drama and Comedy Theater on Taganka. Performances: "Good afternoon!" V. S. Rozov (1955), "Don Juan" by Molière (1973), "Marriage" by N. V. Gogol (1975), "At the Bottom" by Maxim Gorky (1984) and others. Made films: "A Noisy Day" ( 1960, together with G. Natanson), "Leap Year" (1961), "Two in the Steppe" (1962), "On Thursday and Never Again" (1977), TV movie "Fantasy" (1976), etc. Author of books about theater. He has worked in film, radio and television.
In the play Fasten Your Seat Belts, he had only one pass through the stage and the hall. This passage was stunning. Captured by fear. It was some kind of powerful raid. It seemed like everyone was crammed into their chairs. It lasted three or four minutes, then there was an ovation. The action stopped for a long time. Everything that happened before, and everything that happened after, could not be compared with this passage. Vysotsky sang a song about how soldiers crawl forward, rotating the globe with their elbows. And there was some special truth in the fact that on his shoulders was a raincoat, and from the inside, the elbows of the hands holding the guitar were bursting to the side.
7. Alexander Mitta
Vladimir Vysotsky in the film "The Tale of How Tsar Peter the Black Married" (directed by A. Mitta, 1976)
Mitta Alexander Naumovich (b. 1933) - Russian film director, Honored Artist of Russia (1974). Films: “They call, open the door” (1966), “Burn, burn, my star” (1970), “The Tale of How Tsar Peter the Maroon Got Married” (1976), “The Crew” (1980), “The Tale of Wanderings” (1983) and others. He taught at the Hamburg Film School (1991-93, Germany). In 2000 he directed the TV series Border. Taiga novel”, for which he was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001). In 2002, he directed the film Hot Saturday, for which he wrote the script himself.
The songs he sang gradually changed, little by little, by shades of intonation, pauses, syncopations. Then the song stopped changing. Then he stopped singing it. He worked for us, practiced with us, polished new songs. When the polishing was over, the whole country listened to the song, recorded it on countless tape recorders.
... Vysotsky invented for himself a style of performance with long, but hard consonants, a rolling "r", open and clear-sounding vowels. He made it a natural part of a deeply personal, original and emotionally charged performance. In life, he spoke completely differently - quietly, softly, with a shy smile, a rich set of sly, mocking intonations.
8. Maya Turovskaya
Vladimir Vysotsky at one of the concerts
Turovskaya Maya Iosifovna (b. 1924) - Soviet and Russian theater and film critic, film historian, screenwriter, culturologist. Doctor of Arts (1983), member of the Union of Writers of the USSR (1960), member of the Union of Cinematographers of the USSR (1966). Laureate of the Nika Prize in 2007 in the nomination "For Contribution to Cinematography, Criticism".
... Vysotsky's word addressed to us was born not with a writing hand, but with a wheezing larynx, and the sound, its strength, is not a secondary sign, but the essence. Just like his widely sung not vowels, but consonants; and not only a voiced, rolling "r-r", but also a completely deaf, dull, but no less aggressive "t-t":
There is a hunt for wolves,
There is a hunt going on...
... He is the rightful heir of the folklore of the gateway, street romance, nameless thieves' lyrics. Here he found the wild-growing genre of the urban ballad, suitable for many things, cultivated it patiently and received the fruit - a unique intonation system.
... It is probably no coincidence that he managed to break through the system of consonants to vowels, to full agreement:
I'll water the horses
I dogyuyu verse-u-u,
At least for a moment I'll stand still
on the edge...
9. Natalia Krymova
Vladimir Vysotsky in the TV movie "Monologue" - the only concert filmed by Central Television. January 22, 1980
Krymova Natalya Anatolyevna (1930-2003) - Russian theater critic, theater critic, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation (1997), Candidate of Art History (1971).
Vysotsky's word is open, open to people, not encrypted. It is devoid of intellectual complexity. But it has a natural grace and its own become. The poet willingly and often plays with words; rhymes (performed by melodic rhythms). This game is also most of all dictated by the cheerful freedom of communication - both with the word and with the audience.
... Depending on the audience, mood, on the tuning fork sound taken at the moment, some poems varied, changed their color, words and semantic nuances. The surviving drafts reflect a careful, persistent and very peculiar work on the word - Vysotsky often preferred the rough expressiveness of oral speech, leaving aside the smoother, more literary "made" version.
10. Peter Todorovsky
Vladimir Vysotsky continues to be popular in the modern media sphere. This image, for example, is offered to be downloaded as a desktop wallpaper for a personal computer.
Todorovsky Petr Efimovich (1925-2013) - Soviet and Russian film director, cameraman, screenwriter, actor, composer, Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1967), People's Artist of the RSFSR. Nominated for an Oscar (1985) in the category "Best Foreign Language Film" for the film "Military Romance", winner of the "Nika" award. Directed the films Never (1962), Loyalty (1965), The Magician (1967), Urban Romance (1971), Own Land (1973), The Last Victim (1975), On the Day holiday "(1978)," Beloved woman mechanic Gavrilov "(1981)," Military field novel "(1983)," Along the main street with an orchestra "(1986)," Intergirl "(1989)," Anchor, more anchor! » (1992), "What a wonderful game" (1995), "Retro threesome" (1998), "Life is full of fun" (2002), "In the constellation of the bull" (2003), "Ryorita" (2008).
I am often asked how I feel about Vysotsky's music. Calmly. If Bulat Okudzhava's music and poetry are one, then Volodya's sometimes she served only as an accompaniment. He wrote a lot of texts, and he did not have enough time, exactingness to work out the melody. He often “broke” it, adjusting it to the rhyme of the verse, which sometimes turned out unsuccessfully. But... he performed his songs so skillfully that the sound sequence usually faded into the background, the meaning of the lines remained... Maybe this is the author's individuality, which is called the song of Vladimir Vysotsky.
... I was recently in Brazil ... And I was struck that Vysotsky's songs are very well known there. World fame. Maybe we still do not fully understand what scale the person was.
Why should I be the soul of society when there is no soul in it at all!
(society)
Vysotsky. Wolf hunting
We had time: On a visit to God - there are no delays.
(God)
I agree to run in a herd - But not under saddle and without a bridle!
(Liberty)
I think - scientists lied, a puncture in their theory, a cut: development is not going in a spiral, but at random, out of line, across the way.
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Vysotsky. Zina and Vanya at the circus
The dead are spared, buried and pampered with paradise, I won’t say about the living, but we protect the dead.
(Deceased)
Clairvoyants - however, as well as eyewitnesses - in all ages people burned at the stake.
(clairvoyant)
Better mountains can only be mountains, which have not yet been.
(mountains)
It is necessary, it is necessary to pour salt on the wounds in order to remember better, let them hurt.
(pain)
Vysotsky. He didn't come back from the fight
I have something to sing, standing before the Almighty.
The morning is wiser than the evening, but there is something in the evening.
There is no sense in thoughts and sciences, when everywhere - they are refuted.
(thought, science)
You can't even fall freely, because we don't fall in a void.
(Liberty)
If there was vodka for one - how wonderful it would be! But always smoke - for two, but always drink - for three. What about one? On one - a cradle and a grave.
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Vysotsky. All wrong
If they turn away, then they did not love enough.
(Love)
Here is my last note: “I worked hard! Please don't wake up! Never. I fall asleep completely. People, I loved you! Be indulgent!”
With my sixth sense, with my whole being, with all the mind given by the Lord God, I am sure that I am normal. But, alas! It is impossible to convince of this, and is it worth it ?!
Climbing is a great way to overwinter in the summer.
(mountains)
Several times I have already been buried, several times I left, several times I served time, and such terms that I have to live another hundred years. One girl from Novosibirsk asked me: “Is it true that you died?” I say, "I don't know."
But even bright minds place everything between the lines: they have a long-term calculation.
Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky was born on January 25, 1938, Moscow. Russian poet and actor, songwriter and performer. He wrote about 700 songs and poems, played more than 30 roles in films. Member of the troupe of the Drama and Comedy Theater on Taganka. Honored Artist of the Soviet Union. Died July 25, 1980, in Moscow.
Aphorisms, quotes, sayings, phrases - Vysotsky Vladimir Semenovich
- Barbecue and alcohol reign in the minds.
- Life threw me - did not finish.
- My sadness is like eternal snow: it does not melt.
- God created man as a test dummy.
- Snow without mud is like a long life without lies.
- There are few real violent ones - so there are no leaders.
- If you didn’t love, then you didn’t live and didn’t breathe!
- The morning is wiser than the evening, but there is something in the evening.
- I have something to sing, standing before the Almighty.
- The corridors end with a wall, and the tunnels lead to the light.
- Whatever the road, what matters is where it leads.
- Climbing is a great way to overwinter in the summer.
- Better mountains can only be mountains, which have not yet been.
- Some masks of indifference are protection from spitting and slaps.
- Why should I be the soul of society when there is no soul in it at all!
- There is no sense in thoughts and sciences, when everywhere - they are refuted.
- I always look for the good in people. They will show the bad.
- It is necessary, it is necessary to pour salt on the wounds in order to remember better, let them hurt.
- How many rumors strike our ears, how much gossip corrodes like a moth!
- Clairvoyants - however, like eyewitnesses - in all ages people burned at the stake.
- There is no passage, and for a long time, in the world from impudent. Scum and dullness drinks wine from other people's glasses.
- Like flies, here and there, rumors go from house to house, and toothless old women spread them around the minds.
- The dead are spared, buried and pampered with paradise, I won’t say about the living, but we protect the dead.
- Everyone lived on a par, modestly like this: a corridor system, for thirty-eight rooms there was only one lavatory.
- It can be seen that in the soul of every person there remains a small corner from childhood, which opens towards art.
- Rumors in Russia rule and sing with gossip in thirds. Well, somewhere next to them is the truth, which they spit on.
- I confess to you, as if in spirit - such is the whole sports life: only a moment you are at the top and you are rapidly falling down.
- Stronger than cheating, I'm just afraid not to find out about cheating. It is terrible to love a person who no longer deserves it.
- I think the scientists lied, a puncture in their theory, a cut: development is not going in a spiral, but at random, out of line, across the way.
- Our penetration of the planet is especially pleasant in the distance: in a public Parisian toilet there are inscriptions in Russian.
- I'm fed up to the throat, to the chin - even from the songs I began to get tired - I would lie on the bottom, like a submarine, so that they could not find direction!
- I don't like myself when I'm afraid, it hurts me when innocent people are beaten, I don't like it when they climb into my soul, especially when they spit in it.
- Everyone returns - except for the best friends, except for the most beloved and devoted women. Everyone returns - except for those who are needed more.
- There are no weeping widows at the mass graves - stronger people go here, they don’t put crosses on mass graves. But does that make it easier?
- And although the executions did not mow us down, we lived without daring to raise our eyes - we are also children of the terrible years of Russia, timelessness poured vodka into us.
- I do not like the confidence of a well-fed, it's better to let the brakes fail. I am annoyed if the word "honor" is forgotten and if in honor there are slander behind the back.
- In this world, I value only loyalty. Without it, you are nobody and you have nobody. In life, this is the only currency that will never depreciate.
- Words run closely to them - so what! - Never be afraid to be late. There are many of them - words, but still, if you can - say it, when you cannot help but say it.
- Raise your hands, put your ballots in the ballot boxes without even reading them - die of boredom! Vote, only mind you, don't add me: I don't share your Charter!
- So many have been sitting on the banks for centuries - and watching attentively and vigilantly, as others next to them break their spines and heads on the stones. They sympathize slightly with the dead - but from afar.
