Logo
Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through

Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words. – Vladimir Nabokov

Other quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

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

Category:
Art
Author
Vladimir Nabokov
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private. – Allen Ginsberg

Category:
Poetry

Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is lifes true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates. – Franz Grillparzer

Category:
Poetry

I dont think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry. – Robert Morgan

Category:
Poetry

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. – Raoul Vaneigem

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on ones wife alone. – Guru Nanak

Category:
alone

A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself. – Jan Christian Smuts

Category:
Defeat

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. – Louis D. Brandeis

Category:
alone

Celebrity culture, its everywhere, isnt it? Its reality TV, Big Brother. I didnt become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didnt want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? – Ryan Giggs

Category:
famous