“Beauty frightens and offends the nihilist. It’s a reproach to his sense of unbounded self-importance. Beauty cannot be ignored, so it must be vandalized.”
Patrick Kurp, “‘Our Lives Are Judged’” (Anecdotal Evidence, October 10, 2016)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“Beauty frightens and offends the nihilist. It’s a reproach to his sense of unbounded self-importance. Beauty cannot be ignored, so it must be vandalized.”
Patrick Kurp, “‘Our Lives Are Judged’” (Anecdotal Evidence, October 10, 2016)
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