My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. Vladimir Nabokov crimecrueltyloathing Change image and share on social
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. Vladimir Nabokov bookessencegreat Change image and share on social
There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. Vladimir Nabokov airplaneaphorismmotion Change image and share on social
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. Vladimir Nabokov artimportanceimportant Change image and share on social
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 administrativebloodsheddetail share on social
Satire is a lesson, parody is a game. Vladimir Nabokov gamelessonparody Change image and share on social
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. Vladimir Nabokov delightenjoyimagination Change image and share on social
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. Vladimir Nabokov abruptlyartificialbestow Change image and share on social
You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Vladimir Nabokov countfancymurderer Change image and share on social
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book. Vladimir Nabokov admirablebookboy Change image and share on social
