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Comfort Quote by Simon Rattle

“Nobody has Francis Bacon on their walls in their house - or very few people - but sometimes people listen to Beethoven as though it was background and a comfort, and I think that is very dangerous.” quote by Simon Rattle — Download Open image

“Nobody has Francis Bacon on their walls in their house - or very few people - but sometimes people listen to Beethoven as though it was background and a comfort, and I think that is very dangerous.”

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The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

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