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Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.

Source: In Life, 7 Aug 1964.
-- Benjamin Britten, (Nov 22 1913-1976), English composer; He was the leading British composer of the mid-20th C.; his operas are considered the finest English operas since Henry Purcell in the 17th century.

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