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• If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one…
• The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And…
• There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.
• It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one,…
• Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want
• The function of Art is to imitate Nature in her manner of operation. Our understanding of her manner of operation&Rdquo; changes according…
• Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we…
• Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.

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