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May Sarton: Anyone who is...

May Sarton: Anyone who is...

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at 15 to write several novels.

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Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

Edna St Vincent Millay: The soul can...

The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine through.


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Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Nikki Giovanni: Mistakes are a...

Mistakes are a fact of life
It is the response to error that counts.


Source: Of...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

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Edward Albee: I'm not suggesting...

Edward Albee: I'm not suggesting...

I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say - it leaves me...

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Eugene O'Neill: Obsessed by a...

Eugene O'Neill: Obsessed by a...

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of...

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Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Eugene Ionesco: Many people have...

Many people have delusions of grandeur but you're deluded by triviality.

Source:...

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Eugene Ionesco: The universe seems...

Eugene Ionesco: The universe seems...

The universe seems to me infinitely strange and foreign. At such a moment I gaze upon it with a mixture of anguish...

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The work comes...

The work comes...

The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes...

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Inspiration may be...

Inspiration may be...

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness -- I wouldn't know. But I am sure it...

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The point is...

The point is...

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly,...

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Try a thing...

Try a thing...

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a...

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Great music is...

Great music is...

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never...

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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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The English may...

The English may...

The English may not like music but they absolutely love the noise it makes.

Source:...

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Dance is about...

Dance is about...

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Source: Dancing Spirit, 1993.
-- Judith...

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The good composer...

The good composer...

The good composer is slowly discovered, the bad composer is slowly found out.

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.

Source: In The...

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The music is...

The music is...

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

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Sunshine can burn...

Sunshine can burn...

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish --...

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