John Frederick Nims famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.
Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.
Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?
Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.
I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.
I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

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