As far as I can recall, the initial shiver of inspiration was somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes who, after months of coaxing by a scientist, produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature’s cage.
— Vladimir Nabokov, from “On a Book Entitled Lolita” (via liquidnight)
no616 sep 22 1934 FG famous fight cards x 8 (by evertonkelly)





