“It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid nice things, and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell.”
-Vladimir Lenin talking about Beethoven
From Alex Ross’ “The Rest Is Noise” (p. 238)
“It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid nice things, and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell.”
-Vladimir Lenin talking about Beethoven
From Alex Ross’ “The Rest Is Noise” (p. 238)