Johannes Brahms: For Misanthropes only.

[Zeno]

I just purchase a "Greatest Hits Brahms" CD and it contains some blubs about J Brahms's life and this one struck a cord with me so I will share it with the rest of the misanthopes on this forum. I quote:

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Brahms, perfectionist, ruthlessly self-critical, finishes his First Symphony after 21 years of experiment. Brahms says of the Finale, with its accessible hymn-like main theme, "every idiot will appreciate it instantly".


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And I did. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

-Zeno

[Rushmore]

Unfortunately (for both us AND the artist himself), this trait seems to be necessary for the production of great art in many cases.

See: Beethoven, Van Gogh, Sade, Nick Cave, Lenny Bruce, Wagner, Bill Hicks, Hermann Nitsch, Jackson Pollock, Pasolini, Henry Miller, Swans, Bergman, Celine, TOOL, Charles Bukowski, David Sklansky, and Mason Malmuth.