“Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we still are just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Every angel is terrifying.”
Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we still are just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us. Every angel is terrifying.”
Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies