"I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished."

-- David Tudor

#Pieces Quotes #Alive Quotes #Composition Quotes

“Coding is today's language of creativity. All our children deserve a chance to become creators instead consumers of computer science.”
“You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”
“We get to choose who we love, and that includes God, and he loves us back.”
“Independent minded girls that are naked sounds like a great start to something.”
“Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers.”
“A hunger for beauty is at its heart a hunger for God.”
“We are the ancestors of our grandchildren's children. We look after them, just as our ancestors look after us. We aren't here for ourselves. We are here for each other and for the children of our grandchildren.”
“Why do most great pictures look uncontrived? Why do photographers bother with the deception, especially since it so often requires the hardest work of all? The answer is, I think, that the deception is necessary if the goal of art is to be reached: only pictures that look as if they had been easily made can convincingly suggest that beauty is commonplace.”

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