“Strangers always love us for what we’ve accomplished, ignoring the fact that, by definition, that very accomplishment no longer touches us.”
Ned Rorem, letter to Glenway Wescott (August 31, 1967)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“Strangers always love us for what we’ve accomplished, ignoring the fact that, by definition, that very accomplishment no longer touches us.”
Ned Rorem, letter to Glenway Wescott (August 31, 1967)
“Strangers always love us for what we’ve accomplished, ignoring the fact that, by definition, that very accomplishment no longer touches us.”
Ned Rorem, letter to Glenway Wescott (August 31, 1967)
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