“ The most effective way of destroying art is the canonization of one given form. And one philosophy. Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ If we have no heretics we must invent them, for heresy is essential to health and growth. Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ What we need in literature today are vast philosophic horizons; we need the most ultimate, the most fearsome, the most fearless 'Why?' and 'What next?'("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy") Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ Heretics are the only [bitter] remedy against the entropy of human thought.("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy") Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ I am like a machine being driven to excessive rotations: the bearings are incandescing and, in a minute, melted metal will begin to drip and everything will turn to nothing. Quick: get cold water, log… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ Life itself has lost its plane reality: it is projected, not along the old fixed points, but along the dynamic coordinates of Einstein, of revolution. In this new projection, the best-known formulas a… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ Revolution is everywhere, in everything. There is no final revolution, no final number. Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ And how can there be a final revolution? There is no final one. The number of revolutions is infinite. Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ I'm like a machine being run over its RPM limit. The bearings are overheating: a minute longer and the metal will melt and start dripping and that will be the end of everything. I need a splash of col… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ So, take the idea of "rights" and drip some acid on it. Even the most adult of the Ancients knew: the source of a right is power, a right is a function of power. Take two trays of a weighing scale: pu… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ But you can't plead with autumn. No. The midnight wind stalked through the woods, hooted to frighten you, swept everything away for the approaching winter, whirled the leaves. ("The North") Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ More wine for me, pour me some more!" "You smart girl, I knew you're a smart girl, just teasing...” Faces turn red, the dark earth blood is rising. They wink at Pelka, wink at the host: "He knows his… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ They say there is a kind of flower that blooms only once a century, Then couldn't there be one that flowers only once every thousand years - or once every ten thousand years? Maybe there are and we ju… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ The most agonising thing is to drop doubt into a man about his being a reality, three-dimensional - and not some other kind of reality. Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ The flame will cool tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow (in the Book of Genesis days are equal to years, ages). But someone must see this already today, and speak heretically today about tomorrow. Her… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ N-no-o, all that excitement, it wouldn't reach us,' Timosha spoke gloomily. 'We're like the sunken city of Kitezh, living at the bottom of the lake. We do not hear a thing, and the water over us is mu… Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic Tolstoy. Our symbol of faith is heresy. (“Tomorrow”) Yevgeny Zamyatin
“ Strictly speaking, she was out of order. This dear 0-, how shall 1 say it?The speed of her tongue is not correctly calculated; the speed per second of her tongue should be slightly less than the speed… Yevgeny Zamyatin
