"The object of high art is to lift the listener out of the misery of his personal circumstance by showing him a better world in which his petty troubles are beside the point. What is the point of music that assists the listener in wallowing in his troubles? Some country-music fanciers no doubt will find this callous, and I want to disclose that I do not care one way or another whether their wife left them, their dog died, or their truck broke down."
(It's better to create than destroy what's unnecessary)
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Spengler quote on "high" art
Labels: Spengler
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