Tom Lehrer

"It's people like [Alma Mahler] who make you realize how little you've accomplished. It is a sobering thought, for example, that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years."

— Tom Lehrer (1928-    ) Introduction to "Alma," That Was the Year That Was (1965)

 

Image: [Ach, Klimt! Warum haben Sie nicht ihr Porträt malen?] Alma Mahler, Vienna (1909)

 

This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-04-10

 

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