Velimir Khlebnikov Professions : Poet Born : November 9, 1885 Died : June 28, 1922 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Velimir Khlebnikov Scrape the surface of language, and you will behold interstellar space and the skin that encloses it. Velimir Khlebnikov language space skins A child playing with dolls may shed heartfelt tears when his bundle of rags and scraps becomes deathly ill and dies ... So we may come to an understanding of language as playing with dolls: in language, scraps of sound are used to make dolls and replace all the things in the world. Velimir Khlebnikov understanding poetry children Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
