Blogged earlier on the “strong opinions, lightly held” theme, but didn’t recognise the Nabokov connection to his “Strong Opinions”. Jorn has a relevant Nabokov page [Robot Wisdom] Some excellent quotes in there.
“the greater one’s science, the deeper the sense of mystery”
“I know more than I can express in words, and the little I can express would not have been expressed, had I not known more”