"It is more important to keep the horse……" — Charles Ives

"It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes."

— Charles Ives

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29 Quotes by Charles Ives

Charles Ives has 29 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair?
Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have…
The word 'beauty' is as easy to use as the word 'degenerate.' Both come in handy when one does or…
An apparent confusion, if lived with long enough, may become orderly . . . A rare experience of a moment…
In some century to come, when the school children will whistle popular tunes in quarter-tones--when the diatonic scale will be…
The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized
One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because…
If idioms are more to be born than to be selected, then the things of life and human nature that…
Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many…
I don't write music for sissy ears.
My God! What has sound got to do with music?
Please don't try to make things nice! All the wrong notes are right. Just copy as I have -- I…

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More Always Play Quotes

This quote is filed under Always Play Quotes, one of 59 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win. — Tom Brady
I think that at the start of a game, you're always playing to win, and then maybe if you're ahead… — Tom Brady
Forget your opponents; always play against par. — Sam Snead
It is about getting better every game. Work ethic was the first part. We were not ready to give up… — Unknown Author
I never practice; I always play. — Wanda Landowska
Every Christmas my hometown radio station would always play 'Christmas In Dixie' by Alabama. I always remember lovin' that song. — Kenny Chesney
I don't think I've ever played a 'hot chick' before. I always play the quirky friend or the really angry… — Hilarie Burton
I would always play the baddie, incidentally. — Tom Hiddleston
I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's… — Audrey Tautou
Turn your sparring into play - but always play seriously. — Bruce Lee
In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But… — Chow Yun-Fat
You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero… — Felicity Jones

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