He dreamed of mellowing his pigments as the Old Masters had done--with honey, fig juice, poppy oil, and the slime of pink snails.--Vladimir Nabakov, 1957, Pnin, p. 67
He dreamed of mellowing his pigments as the Old Masters had done--with honey, fig juice, poppy oil, and the slime of pink snails.
--Vladimir Nabakov, 1957, Pnin, p. 67