A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about art, society, magic, work
Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
7 quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov - american novelist
Was born on 23 apr 1889.
Died on 02 jul 1977, at 88 years old.
Died on 02 jul 1977, at 88 years old.
Origin country: United States
I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.
Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about opinion, genius, children
Happy is the novelist who manages to preserve an actual love letter that he received when he was young within a work of fiction, embedded in it like a clean bullet in flabby flesh and quite secure there, among spurious lives.
Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about quiet, fiction, happiness, work, love
Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.
Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about literature, man
The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.
Quote by Vladimir Nabokov about pointless, evolution, common sense, sense
