A museum is not a first-hand contact: it is an illustrated lecture. And what one wants is the actual vital touch.
D. H. LawrenceNow go away then, and leave me alone. I don't want any more of your meretricious persiflage.
D. H. LawrenceI love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate.
D. H. Lawrence