A pertinent quote from the painter Frank Stella, from his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, "Working Space":
“…if it's not sexy, it's not art. Everyone knows that.''
From notes listening to music this summer in preparation for season 0708:
“Unstoppable Bach,” Jan 18-19, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6: if the first movement is like wonderfully exhausting sex, the second is the languor after, and to follow this metaphor if I may, the third is rising to dress for company combined with affectionate repartee.
