My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
