Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (c2 July 1977) was a Russian-born novelist. Nabokov's first nine novels were in Russian.
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. Use this quote
Genius is an African who dreams up snow. Use this quote
It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow. Use this quote
Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much. Use this quote
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. Use this quote
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past. Use this quote
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
