Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know. -Vladimir Nabokov Teacher
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. -Vladimir Nabokov Great
Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. -Vladimir Nabokov Poetry
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. -Vladimir Nabokov Death
There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. -Vladimir Nabokov Funny
Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. -Vladimir Nabokov Life
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. -Vladimir Nabokov Society
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. -Vladimir Nabokov Art
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 Imagination
A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist. -Vladimir Nabokov Imagination