Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0008785, Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:05:29 -0700

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Fwd: RE: [Fwd: VN (mis?)quote] "soft music"
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As uncharacteristic as the phrase "soft music" may seem, ta'int a
misquote-there it is, at the bottom of page three, "Strong Opinions."

GK

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EDNOTE. I suspect uninvited background music was what VN had in mind.
Somewhere he objects to Muzak I think.
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> Today's daily quotation on the Op-Ed page of the (Boulder) Colorado
> Daily: "My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty,
> soft music." - Vladimir Nabokov.
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> I don't remember where this is from - most likely one of the interviews.
> But the last item in the list doesn't sound right. Is this a misquote?
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> Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it
> wishes to be art.
> - Donald Barthelme
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