Douglas Brinkley, The New York Times interview with Bob Dylan in 2020
"It’s grown on me as well. I think this song has something to do with the classical world, something that’s out of reach. Someplace you’d like to be beyond your experience. Something that is so supreme and first rate that you could never come back down from the mountain. That you’ve achieved the unthinkable. That’s what the song tries to say, and you’d have to put it in that context. In saying that though, even if you do paint your masterpiece, what will you do then? Well, obviously you have to paint another masterpiece"
Bob Dylan - When I Paint My Masterpiece (Demo - Official Audio)
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