““The assignment of meanings [in music] is a shifting, kaleidoscopic play, probably below the threshold of consciousness, certainly outside the pale of discursive thinking. The imagination that responds to music is personal and associative and logical, tinged with affect, tinged with bodily rhythm, tinged with dream, but concerned with a wealth of formulations for its wealth of wordless knowledge, its whole knowledge of emotional and organic experience, of vital impulse, balance, conflict, the ways of living and dying and feeling.””
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![“Probably the high-watermark of [Bob] Dylan's career came after he plugged in his guitar ("Judas!" one fan shouted during a concert) and exploded American poetry, combining Beat aesthetics, psychedelic imagery, collage techniques.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f3/jay-michaelson-15590_aesthetics_probably-the-high-watermark-of-bob-dylan_54147.jpg)
![“[Alexei Nemov] has the best feel for the aesthetics of the sport. He doesn't just do a skill; he makes it look gorgeous. Some gymnasts think if their arm is bent a little it doesn't matter, but Nemov understands it matters.” quote by Peter Vidmar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b8/peter-vidmar-63485_aesthetics_alexei-nemov-has-the-best-feel-for-the-a_90686.jpg)
