"Bear in mind that parts of the score may be devoid of direct musical relevance."

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Source : Cornelius Cardew, Richard Barrett (2006). “Cornelius Cardew: A Reader”

Cornelius Cardew

#Musical Quotes #Mind Quotes #May Quotes

“She longed to feel something momentous. Sometimes her life seemed so little.”
“I've got miracle lyrical capability all in me / With the agility to escape a killer bee colony.”
“A woman cannot live in the light of intellect. Society forbids it. Those conventional frivolities, which are called her 'duties', forbid it. Her 'domestic duties', high-sounding words, which, for the most part, are but bad habits (which she has not the courage to enfranchise herself from, the strength to break through), forbid it.”
“Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2014). “Prince of Fools”, p.200, Penguin
“If I have to move on from Newcastle, hopefully it will be to somewhere else”
“The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus...”
“There is no reason why you should be bored when you can be otherwise. But if you find yourself sitting in the hedgerow with nothing but weeds, there is no reason for shutting your eyes and seeing nothing, instead of finding what beauty you may in the weeds. To put it cynically, life is too short to waste it in drawing blanks. Therefore, it is up to you to find as many pictures to put on your blank pages as possible.”
“Life is a pressure cooker and whether you remain serene or become stressed-out depends on how you handle that pressure.”

Source : Dr. Kevin Leman (2011). “Stopping Stress before It Stops You: A Game Plan for Every Mom”, p.22, Revell

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