Dali and Rockwell

I was careful not to learn anything from him [N. Gogol - vs]. As a teacher, he is dubious and dangerous. At his worst, as in his Ukrainian stuff, he is a worthless writer; at his best, he is incomparable and inimitable. - The Meanest Things Vladimir Nabokov Said About Other Writers

там много всяких глупостей (и не очень) по ссылке.

но за одну фразу ему все можно простить:

“Salvador Dali is really Norman Rockwell's twin brother kidnapped by Gypsies in babyhood.”

это я тут третий раз цитирую. Margaret Atwood очень остроумно добавила, что был еще третий брат-близнец: Стивен Кинг.