Nikolai Gumilev
Fra Angelico

In a country where gippogrif gay lion
Winged calls to play in the azure,
Where are the night launches from the sleeve
Crystal nymphs and crowned furies;

In a country where quiet gróby dead,
But where alive their will power and strength,
Among the many distinguished artists,
Oh, one heart, only loved.

Let the great heavenly Rafael,
God's favorite rocks, Buonarrotti, ...

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De cara a la pared
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All that could be found in Russian:

singer Lhasa de Sela (Lhasa de Sela)

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"St. Petersburg was not built for us. Not for me. We are there others ... In St. Petersburg you will always poured and cast - the weather was. No wonder every year, so do not forget, the river itself is easy and angrily leaves the coast and shows you kuz'kinu mother. ... The king built the city of his dream, and he died ... He was dead, but the city has remained, and so we now live in a strange dream. Sny akin to literature. ... From the surging waves of the Bronze Horseman and green and pale Pushkin...

"... regression of science related to changes in the psychology of the people and society, with the weakening of the efforts of the will, which supports scientific thinking ... how it supports all of mankind."
Vernadsky

"With what pleasure would I hang all the politicians, not whether it is a political statement!"
Great Nguyen

"... most of the current antagonists shovel not able to understand that the petty-bourgeois - particularly enthusiastic - does...

I have an American book The 20th-Century Art Book (1996 edition, New York). 500 most significant (in the eyes of Americans) the 20 th century artists. I wonder who came here from Russia.
Here's the list:
Alexander Archipenko (Kiev, 1887 - New York, 1964)
Leon Bakst (St. Petersburg, 1866 - Paris, 1924)
Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 - Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1985)
Sonia Delaunay (Gradezhsk, 1885 - Paris, 1979)
Natalia Goncharova (Tula, 1881 - Paris, 1962)
...