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Vladimir Nabokov Quotes

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

Vladimir Nabokov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 22, 1899 - July 2, 1977

Topics

Work Art Society Important Whatever

When you change something like your hair, the whole world changes also.

Change Hair World You Changes Whole

I admire Elliott Carter endlessly. But I have no ambitions to emulate him.

Admire Him Emulate Carter Endlessly

I start by using Chinese and many of the sounds of other languages are similar.

Start Chinese Many Sounds Similar

I love the 'Underworld' movies because the vampires aren't automatically evil, yet neither are they basically humans with fangs.

Love Evil Movies Because Vampires

I'd like to be known for my character.

Character Like Known

I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, highbrow and lowbrow.

Culture Always Pretty Pop Culture

'The Dovekeepers' is a fantastic novel written by Alice Hoffman; it was a bestselling novel, and I fell in love with the book and bought the rights to it.

Love Book Rights Fantastic Novel

I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective.

Perspective Think You Artist See

I did things like get in a cupboard before the teacher came in at the beginning of a lesson, and then, two minutes before the end of the class, I come out of the cupboard and go, 'Sorry I'm late.'

Teacher Beginning Sorry End Lesson

I never wanted to get paid by the hour. If I was going to do more work than another guy, I wanted to get paid more.

Work More Never Guy Going Paid

I wasn't banned from skiing but didn't go much in college because I couldn't afford it, and there just wasn't the time. I played football all winter, then in summer I did track and field and played volleyball.

Winter Time Football College Skiing

When the U.S. claims the right to invade any country unilaterally and then defines a country like Iran or North Korea as 'evil,' then it is a rational response for these countries to develop nuclear weapons as the only military deterrent to invasion. We create what we most fear.

Fear Evil Country Create Right Only

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