"La musique avant toute chose." — Paul Verlaine

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• Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today. — Andrew Sarris
• Life is like Avant Garde. It will make you uncomfortable, and leave the room. But always remember to come back… — Valerie Cruz
• Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, it’s not the way.… — Gyorgy Ligeti
• Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30… — Neville Marriner
• I really didn't know what to think about the veil. Deep down I was very religious but as a family… — Marjane Satrapi
• Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry. — Marc Ribot
• The avant-garde makes more sense to me. — John Cale
• Good designers must always be avant-gardists, always one step ahead of the times. They should – and must – question… — Dieter Rams
• I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and… — Henry Flynt

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