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Nabokov's tingle

8/11/2017

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Vladimir Nabokov:
"The seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worship the spine and its tingle." 

​Here's a Matisse that does it for me (despite the cracks):
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Renee Faundo link
19/8/2023 10:00:05 pm

Thankks for writing

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Roger
19/8/2023 10:10:43 pm

Thanks for commenting!

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