“Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports…
… but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.”
David Foster Wallace: ‘Federer as Religious Experience’. New York Times, August 20 2006
(Source: The New York Times)
“Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports…
… but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty. The relation is roughly that of courage to war.”
David Foster Wallace: ‘Federer as Religious Experience’. New York Times, August 20 2006
(Source: The New York Times)
Posted 3 months ago & Filed under David Foster Wallace, New York Times, Tennis, Roger Federer, 4 notes
Notes:
-
apowersb liked this
-
kaleidoscope-view reblogged this from building-blocks
-
ziggystarbucks liked this
-
acandleandawick liked this
-
building-blocks posted this
