Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Alexander Ostrovsky

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repertoire." His dramas are among the most widely read and frequently performed stage pieces in Russia.

Russian - Playwright | April 12, 1823 - June 14, 1886

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To pronounce something clever and honest is not such a big deal, lots of them have been said and written. For a statement of truth to be effective and for it to make people wiser, it has to be filtered through the soul of a highest quality, the soul of an artist.