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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Vladimir Nabokov
Age: 77 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1977
Died: January 1
Autobiographer
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St. Petersburg
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I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.
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As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration [for Lolita] was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes, who, after months of coaxing by a scientist, produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature's cage.
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Art at its greatest is fantastically deceitful and complex.
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My answer to your question'Does the writer have a social responsibility?' is NO.You owe me ten cents, sir.
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