Music and dancing (the more the pity) have become so closely associated with ideas of riot and debauchery among the less cultivated classes, that a taste for them, for their own sakes, can hardly be said to exist, and before they can be recommended as innocent or safe amusements, a very great change of ideas must take place.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Music and dancing are often wrongly associated with negative behaviors in some classes.
- In plain terms
- Some people think music and dancing lead to bad behavior.
- What can you take from it?
- Change negative perceptions of arts.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you view the arts?
- What changes perceptions?
Another view
Associations with bad behavior may have some historical basis.
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