Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.

Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

Topics: Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

I confess, I do not believe in time.

I confess, I do not believe in time.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.

Caress the detail, the divine detail.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being...

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being...

Solitude is the play field of Satan

Solitude is the play field of Satan

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling...

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling...

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm...

Some people, and I am one of them, hate happy ends. We feel cheated. Harm...

Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

There is only one school of literature - that of talent.

There is only one school of literature - that of talent.

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to...

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to...

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.

Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even...

Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even...

I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels...

I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels...

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but...

It is hard, I submit, to loathe bloodshed, including war, more than I do, but...

There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal...

There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal...