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> [The work of art, though bound by its genetic markings and indelible fingerprints, is boundless in the infinite elaborations of its destiny, and therefore in the range of its interpretations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/the-work-of-art-though-bound-by-its-genetic-markings-and-indelible/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

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## More by Russell Sherman

> [A work of art expresses itself as a balance sheet pitting the spoken against the unspoken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/a-work-of-art-expresses-itself-as-a-balance-sheet-pitting-the-spoken/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [As artists, are we quasi psychiatrists who mend the soul? Do we provide the consolations, escapes, and reassurances which enable us to survive? Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/as-artists-are-we-quasi-psychiatrists-who-mend-the-soul-do-we-provide/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [The breath, prayers, and libido of the fingertip must somehow be transferred to the neutral indifference of the key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/the-breath-prayers-and-libido-of-the-fingertip-must-somehow-be/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [Art is a process of concentration. It is both the distilled essence and the commentary upon otherwise mundane activities and reflections. Musical notes must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/art-is-a-process-of-concentration-it-is-both-the-distilled-essence/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [The context for music is varied and profound. If their fantasy is to be awakened-so that their sounds may be incisive or ravishing-then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/the-context-for-music-is-varied-and-profound-if-their-fantasy-is-to/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [Without silence there is no music. Not simply because the faculty of hearing deteriorates from constant exposure to noise, but because silence is both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/without-silence-there-is-no-music-not-simply-because-the-faculty-of/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [Surely common sense as well as anthropological evidence documents the universal need to pray, to hope, and to lament or carouse through song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/surely-common-sense-as-well-as-anthropological-evidence-documents-the/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [To play the piano is to consort with nature. Every mollusk, galaxy, vapor or viper as well the sweet incense of love's distraction, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/to-play-the-piano-is-to-consort-with-nature-every-mollusk-galaxy/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [Through music time is tamed, although music never forgets to remind us of time's faceless mission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/through-music-time-is-tamed-although-music-never-forgets-to-remind-us/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [For time not only moves inexorable forward, as the underlying grid to our personal chronicle, but is manipulated by our psychic needs and natures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/for-time-not-only-moves-inexorable-forward-as-the-underlying-grid-to/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [The work of art, though bound by its genetic markings and indelible fingerprints, is boundless in the infinite elaborations of its destiny, and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/the-work-of-art-though-bound-by-its-genetic-markings-and-indelible/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [The contradictory, consuming, contested relationship between detail and whole, event an eventuality, breathes fire and wisdom in every great work of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/the-contradictory-consuming-contested-relationship-between-detail-and/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [The music of the supreme architect, Bach, is filled with pages of discursive argument and rumination, glorifying the nameless whole by a rich embroidery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/the-music-of-the-supreme-architect-bach-is-filled-with-pages-of/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [When we play music we describe the echo the tableau of natural forms, their shapes and arrangements, as uncovered by the composer's imagination, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/when-we-play-music-we-describe-the-echo-the-tableau-of-natural-forms/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

> [To know the piano is to know the universe. To master the piano is to master the universe. The spectrum of piano sound acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-sherman/to-know-the-piano-is-to-know-the-universe-to-master-the-piano-is-to/)

[Russell Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-sherman/)

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