Vladimir Nabokov: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of 95 quotes from Vladimir Nabokov and 60 selected by Blago Kirov facts about Vladimir Nabokov. It grants Nabokov's reflections on subjects ranging from the Art and Popularity to Beauty and Solitude; in addition, the book shows the personality of Vladimir Nabokov into more human light:

In 1923 Nabokov graduated with honors from Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied zoology and literature.
While attending Cambridge, Nabokov romanced many women, and became popular with the men as a solid soccer goalkeeper.
Nabokov's grandfather was a Justice Minister to the Czar Alexander II.
Nabokov's son, Dimitri Nabokov, was an opera singer at the La Scala.
Nabokov never used telephones.
Nabokov's younger brother, Sergei Nabokov, was a homosexual.
Nabokov ridicules, dismisses and parodies Freudianism throughout his writing.
Nabokov was an enthusiastic and skilled player in chess, tennis and soccer.

“I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, I speak like a child.”
“Beauty plus pity - that is the closest we can get to a definition of art.”
“Caress the detail, the divine detail.”
“Genius is an African who dreams up snow.”
“Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.”
“Solitude is the play-field of Satan.”
“The world itself is but a series of footnotes to a vast unfinished masterpiece.”