Quote by: Nikolai Gogol

He was already beginning, as always happens at a respectable age, to take a firm stand for Raphael and the old masters––not because he was fully convinced of their lofty merit, but so as to shove them in the faces of young artists.


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  • NameNikolai Gogol
  • Descriptionwriter
  • BornApril 1, 1809
  • DiedMarch 4, 1852
  • CountryRussian Empire
  • ProfessionWriter; Playwright; Novelist; Historian