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Anyone here from/been to Vienna? Help finding a quote from the MUMOK.
Zsetrek
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In the Museum of Modern Kunst (MUMOK), on the floor that has the Giacometti statue and Klee paintings (fourth, from hazy memory), there is a quote printed on the wall. The English translation is “…beauty is nothing more than the beginning of something terrible that we can barely tolerate, and we admire it so much because it calmly refrains from destroying us.†The original German is alongside it.
I would love very much to know who said it. From what I remember, it was a curator writing about a significant exhibition of modern art in Vienna back in the 60s (which included photos of the Paris Commune). If anyone could help, I'd be very grateful.
I would love very much to know who said it. From what I remember, it was a curator writing about a significant exhibition of modern art in Vienna back in the 60s (which included photos of the Paris Commune). If anyone could help, I'd be very grateful.
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That specific quote comes from his Duino Elegies: it's translated in a slightly different way here, (fourth line down) but is just as lovely.