Parajanov & Vartanov letters
“My dear friend Sergei Iosifovich [Parajanov]…as for me, I’m certain that you’ve come into this world to counterbalance mediocrity and swinishness… when I think of you [in prison] I don’t want to live…”
“Vartanov…my brother-in-arts…you possess everthing an artist needs – mind, kindness, principles, freedom… Create…perhaps you’re the only friend who compels me to live…”
Parajanov-Vartanov Institute 