@michael_nielsen What's the truth? Best I can find is https://books.google.com/books?id=8_GmBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69#v=onepage&q&f=false … which is "passion of science and patience of poetry".
A gorgeous, gorgeous paraphrasing of Nabokov in @parisreview. Also: erroneous. I checked. Alas.pic.twitter.com/vUXRS2H8EB
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@michael_nielsen A little better, still implies Paris Review basically got it right (though combined two quotes):https://books.google.com/books?id=164ApQ08QTAC&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen Boyd quotes Nabokov as using "passion of the scientist and precision of the artist" https://books.google.com/books?id=C8lF4iqAgRQC&pg=PA181&lpg=PA181&dq=passion+of+the+scientist+precision+of+the+artist&source=bl&ots=SRSLZfOlTW&sig=NpY0k1USIUTub16gXT5-xv1g2e8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAGoVChMIn5vj7pO9xwIVgXI-Ch0wYwXK#v=onepage&q=passion%20of%20the%20scientist%20precision%20of%20the%20artist&f=false …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen@parisreview That's why strong poets always must misread each other.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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