"Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house."

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Source : "The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World's Greatest Composers". Book by Julius H. Jacobson (p.341), 2008.

Benjamin Britten

#Fog Quotes #Color Quotes #House Quotes

“The rule is that if they have a weapon and want to take you someplace else, it is so they can kill you slower--Peter”
“Every view, and every object I studied attentively, by viewing them again and again on every side, for I was anxious to make a lasting impression of it on my imagination.”

Source : Karl Philipp Moritz (2010). “Travels in England in 1782”, p.52, BoD – Books on Demand
“Now think about the Universal Law. It reflects to you exactly and precisely what you put out. If your thought-forms say, "I haven't got a clue about what I want," the Universal Law is going to say, "Listen, mate, if you haven't got a clue, neither have I.”

Source : Stuart Wilde (1998). “The Trick to Money is Having Some”, p.149, Hay House, Inc
“To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know.”
“Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is possible for entrepreneurs, technological visionaries and inventors of every sort to get financing.”
“I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.”
“I was too crazy in my teenage years and I wasn't doing anything that made any sense.”
“The only legitimate use of a computer is to play games.”

Source : "Supercade by Van Burnham" by Fin Fahey, www.newscientist.com. September 22, 2001.

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