To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute. (Vladimir Nabokov)

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.

Vladimir Nabokov

Related topics

art brute magic play power safe trash triumph type

Related quotes

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better. View quote
J. K. Rowling
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much. View quote
John Newton
The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real. View quote
Herbert Marcuse
The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. View quote
Gertrude Stein