“To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
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Genius is an African who dreams up
“Genius is an African who dreams up snow.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: dreams
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A writer should have the precision of
“A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: imagination
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Life is a great sunrise. I do
“Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
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Life is a great sunrise. I do
“Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: death
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It is hard, I submit, to loathe
“It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but it is still harder to exceed my loathing of the very nature of totalitarian states in which massacre is only an administrative detail.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: war
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A work of art has no importance
“A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: work
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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime,
“My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: music
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Discussion in class, which means letting twenty
“Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
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A work of art has no importance
“A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: society
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Life is a great sunrise. I do
“Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.”
— Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Category: life
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