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A good composer does not imitate, he steals.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner...
There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
We must continuously discipline ourselves to I remember how it felt the first moment.
The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach...
To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings -- it's all a miracle. I have adopted the...
When I was young, I kissed my first woman, and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I have never had time for...
The first movement represented the struggles of my youth, the following andante the beginning of a more serious aspect...
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third...
You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what...
Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
Source: In Vogue, (NY), 1...
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they...
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
Every epoch, under names more or less specious, has deified its peculiar errors.
One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that flow.
'Tis the set of sails and not...
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular...
I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.
Source: In Newsweek, 7 Jan...
He who does not tire, tires adversity.
Source: In Wisdom of the Ages at Your...
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Source: The Rover, Pt II. I
-- Aphra Behn, (Jul...