I don't think in any language. I think in images.

I don't think in any language. I think in images.

Vladimir Nabokov

All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they Took photographs.

All colors made me happy: even gray. My eyes were such that literally they Took photographs.

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

The evolution of sense is, in a sense, the evolution of nonsense.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all.

My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ.

My heart was a hysterical unreliable organ.

The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.

The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.

I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.

I shall continue to exist. I may assume other disguises, other forms, but I shall try to exist.

Our best yesterdays are now foul piles of crumpled names.

Our best yesterdays are now foul piles of crumpled names.

I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny.

I cannot disobey something which I do not know and the reality of which I have the right to deny.

There is no science without fancy and no art without fact.

There is no science without fancy and no art without fact.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.

His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle.

His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle.

Let all of life be an unfettered howl.

Let all of life be an unfettered howl.

My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.

My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.

I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst.

I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst.

There is an old American saying 'He who lives in a glass house should not try to kill two birds with one stone.

There is an old American saying 'He who lives in a glass house should not try to kill two birds with one stone.

Life is a message scribbled in the dark.

Life is a message scribbled in the dark.

Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.

Because you took advantage of my disadvantage.