Confused Quotes by Michael Tippett

Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.

— Michael Tippett

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.

— Michael Tippett

The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.

— Michael Tippett

Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment.

— Michael Tippett

Nature has different times.

— Michael Tippett

The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare.

— Michael Tippett

Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.

— Michael Tippett

I think we're all pretty odd.

— Michael Tippett

I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.

— Michael Tippett

The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time.

— Michael Tippett

Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.

— Michael Tippett

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.

— Michael Tippett