Abstract Quote by Philip Glass
![“Theatrical times are different from concert times, to put it simply. Taking a figure like [Mahatma] Gandhi and setting him on a stage requires thinking about what theater is about and what the whole experience is about and what we're trying to communicate in that way, so you get into certain less…” quote by Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4da/philip-glass-14533_abstract_theatrical-times-are-different-from-conc_3024128.jpg)
“Theatrical times are different from concert times, to put it simply. Taking a figure like [Mahatma] Gandhi and setting him on a stage requires thinking about what theater is about and what the whole experience is about and what we're trying to communicate in that way, so you get into certain less abstract considerations.”
![“It takes about a year to write an opera for me, but not a really a year of writing. I'm touring at the same time, and I'm playing, sometimes doing smaller projects.[The opera] Akhnaten fits in with Gandhi and Einstein, so that forms a trilogy in a way.I picked people who were these kind of larger…” quote by Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/20d/philip-glass-14533_admirable_it-takes-about-a-year-to-write-an-opera_444252.jpg)
![“The generation of composers that are just preceded me, people like [Karlheinz] Stockhausen, [Pierre] Boulez, and, well, [John] Cage for that matter,[Morton] Feldman ... That was a kind of experimental music that was very isolated. It had no real public.” quote by Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f0e/philip-glass-14533_cages_the-generation-of-composers-that-are-jus_789302.jpg)
