James Fenton quoteJames Fenton [1949-0]
British Poet 
Quote rank: 104
| An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and a large amount of variation and repetition. That's the beauty of it. It's not taxing to the listener's intelligence because if you haven't heard it the first time round, it'll come around again. |
Beauty,
Intelligence
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