Who said "A nation is made of stone, but a person is made of breath."?

This quote is attributed to Boris Pasternak.

A nation is made of stone, but a person is made of breath. - Boris Pasternak

"A nation is made of stone, but a person is made of breath."

Boris Pasternak

Poet Novelist Russian 1890–1960

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music."

"Art has two constant, two witnesses: the silence and the beauty."

"Man is born to live, not to prepare for life."

"The whole of life is symbolic because the whole of it has meaning."