Dear Don,
I think this question of Earl Sampson's was forwarded by you. The quote is correct, including the last item (my father hated senseless, elevator-type "background" music). It is part of an answer in the "anonymous" interview (1962) at the bottom of p.3 (the first page of the text) of STRONG OPINIONS.
Greetings,
DN (replying in same format as received -- skip down to Earl's query)
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Dear Don,
I think this question of Earl Sampson's was forwarded by you. The quote is correct, including the last item (my father hated senseless, elevator-type "background" music). It is part of an answer in the "anonymous" interview (1962) at the bottom of p.3 (the first page of the text) of STRONG OPINIONS.
Greetings,
DN (replying in same format as received -- skip down to Earl's query)
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esamson3@COMCAST.NETFrom: Earl SampsonDaily: "My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music." - Vladimir Nabokov.I don't remember where this is from - most likely one of the interviews.But the last item in the list doesn't sound right. Is this a misquote?--Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.- Donald Barthelme