Talk:have Van Gogh's ear for music
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Is this "expression" really fit for a dictionary. It is really just a rather bad joke at the expense of a rather good (and tormented) painter. See e.g.
http://www.vggallery.com/forum/life.htm
- David Brooks comments: In the liner notes to the new CD, "Pictures at a Van Gogh Exhibition", John Leighton, director of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam writes "In the hundreds of letters written by Vincent van Gogh . . . Vincent says little about music. But from the few passages we know, it is clear that he had a great appreciation for classical composers."
- So maybe his ear for music really wasn't all that bad. Making jokes about people with mental issues is far worse taste I'd think. Jcwf (talk) 02:13, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
- Wiktionary is a descriptive dictionary: we document everything, including the lowest dregs of humanity.Besides, compared to some of our entries, this is pretty mild. Chuck Entz (talk) 05:39, 30 May 2012 (UTC)