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coffeesp00ns · 3154 days ago · link · · parent · post: If you had to choose a person or a number of people to provide quotes from...
Probably Johannes Brahms. He was both well spoken, and also a snarky bastard.Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
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coffeesp00ns · 3151 days ago · link ·
For some reason, the Brahms "Snark" hasn't pervaded internet quote sites. "Life and Works: Johannes Brahms" by Jeremy Siepmann is a good source for quotes. I have it on audiobook. He's the kind of guy who would receive an honorary doctorate, and as a "thank you", wrote an overture filled with school drinking songs. the finale is "Gaudeamus igitur" While we are young. After a pleasant youth After a troubling old age The earth will have us.Let us rejoice, therefore,