Expression Quote by Edgard Varese

“Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.”

Edgard Varese

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An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

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I rather like a certain clumsiness in a work of art.

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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

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I do not write experimental music. My experimenting is done before I make the music. Afterwards it is the listener who must experiment.

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