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““Freedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy.””

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The material of music is sound and silence. Integrating these is composing.

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

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To see, one must go beyond the imiagination and for that one must stand absolutely still as though at the center of a leap.

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Value judgments are destructive to our proper business, which is curiosity and awareness.

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Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake…

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There are some good people in it, but the orchestra as a whole is equivalent to a gang bent on destruction.

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Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.

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People who aren't artists often feel that artists are inspired. But if you work at your art you don't have time to be inspired.

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