“It seems an impertinence, when pushing eighty-two, to deliberately associate with people a lot younger than oneself, feeling that possibly one might interest or entertain them. Of course it isn’t quite that: secretly one hopes and longs to draw on the vitality and brightness of the young, and above all to be able to join in their laughter.”
Alec Guinness, My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actor
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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