"Beauty plus pity-that is the closest we can……" — Vladimir Nabokov
"Beauty plus pity-that is the closest we can get to a definition of art. Where there is beauty there is pity for the simple reason that beauty must die: beauty always dies, the manner dies with the matter, the world dies with the individual."
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Vladimir Nabokov
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269 Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
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Genius is an African who dreams up snow.
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