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Inspirational Quotes by Ned Rorem
- Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.
- Bel canto is to opera what pole-vaulting is to ballet.
- The same piece of music alters at each hearing. But oh, the need to repeat and repeat and repeat unchanged the sexual experience.
- Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.
- Art means to dare - and to have been right.
- In music the present is extended.
- Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento