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The old idea...

The old idea...

The old idea . . . of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense....

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Art! Who...

Art! Who...

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

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Off with you!...

Off with you!...

Off with you! You're a happy fellow, for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better...

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The world would...

The world would...

The world would not be in such a snarl,
had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.


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There is a...

There is a...

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

Source:...

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I was obliged...

I was obliged...

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally...

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I can't understand...

I can't understand...

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

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Ideas are one...

Ideas are one...

Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Sometimes I feel...

Sometimes I feel...

Sometimes I feel like nothin,' somethin' throwed away,
Somethin' throwed away.
And then I get my guitar, play...

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Can't you read?...

Can't you read?...

Can't you read? The score demands con amore, and what are you doing? You are playing it like married...

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I felt the...

I felt the...

I felt the naivete of a child in my dancing. I cherished that feeling. I had what I call a knowledgeable naivete, and...

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You are unique,...

You are unique,...

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost.

Source:...

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I write music...

I write music...

I write music with an exclamation point!

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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When my enemies...

When my enemies...

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

Source: In Maria Callas,...

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Stanislaw Lec: Every now and...

Stanislaw Lec: Every now and...

Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.

Source: In...

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Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. . . . We will go...

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Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

Zora Neale Hurston: There is no...

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.

Source: In Words of...

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Stanislaw Lec: Do not turn...

Stanislaw Lec: Do not turn...

Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only.

Source: In...

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Jean-Paul Sartre: If literature isn't...

Jean-Paul Sartre: If literature isn't...

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

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Christopher Isherwood: I am a...

Christopher Isherwood: I am a...

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.

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