Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Natalia Nordman
Born: December 14, 1863
Died: June 30, 1914 (aged 50)
Bio: Natalia Borísovna Nordman-Severova was a Russian author who was the partner to the artist Ilya Repin.