Head Scratcher

[Dave Monroe]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:

> Non-elitists always seem very elitist about their non-elitist position.

The only proof of taste is that one knows how to occasionally like
things which do not meet the criteria of high taste; the one who
strictly follows high taste thereby displays his lack of taste. (A
person who expresses his admiration for Beethoven’s 9th symphony or
other masterpieces of Western civilization immediately bears witness
to his tastelessness – a true taste is displayed by praising a minor
work by Beethoven as superior to his “greatest hits,” like my friend
Mladen Dolar, an absolute Schubert fan who prefers Schubert’s unknown
male-chorus peaces (celebrating hunters’ reunions, etc.) to his much
better known songs.)

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