"Music is not a language. Any musical piece is akin to a boulder with complex forms, with striations and engraved designs atop and within, which men can decipher in a thousand different ways without ever finding the right answer or the best one..."

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Source : Introductory notes for Diatope performance, 1978.

Iannis Xenakis

#Men Quotes #Design Quotes #Musical Quotes

“What's a hero if not for its journey.”

Source : "Showrunner J.H. Wyman Talks the Final Season of FRINGE, When to Expect Answers, Creating a Rewarding Conclusion and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 3, 2012.
“Individuality in opinion, or, what is more, in thinking, is simply one with thinking at all; for he who thinks thereby looks at the thing or the fact itself and takes its measure by observation directly, not content with the measures of others.”
“Since I was a boy of five or six, I had it in my mind I would be a world boxing champion.”
“Stride with a proud disdain through the swamp of human inadmissibility.”
“It is becoming clear that many diseases - especially cancer - are highly complex and may respond better to a multi-drug approach which targets many different aspects of a disease process.”
“Learn to get from the day. Not just get through it, get from it. Soak it up. Each day is a piece of the mosaic of your life.”
“In the interweave of mind and body, dance is a mode that allows people to work through difficulties, anticipate the future, recollect the past, and confront the present.”

Source : Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.217, Rowman Altamira
“I don't look at myself as a historical icon, but the reality of it is, yeah, I am playing for history now.”

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