The Ph.D is one of the chosen who know that some things can never be fathomed, no matter how hard you try. What good are explanations? There is no possibility of explaining how such a work [Mozart’s Requiem, in the instance] could ever have come into being. (The same holds true for certain poems, which should not be analyzed either.)

The Ph.D is one of the chosen who know that some things can never be fathomed, no matter how hard you try. What good are explanations? There is no possibility of explaining how such a work [Mozart’s Requiem, in the instance] could ever have come into being. (The same holds true for certain poems, which should not be analyzed either.)

– Elfriede Jelinek –

The Piano Teacher

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