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“It is only by demanding the impossible of the piano that you can obtain from it all that is possible. For the psychologist this means that imagination and desire are ahead of the possible reality. A deaf Beethoven created for the piano sounds never heard before and thus predetermined the development of the piano for several decades to come. The composer's creative spirit imposes on the piano rules to which it gradually conforms. That is the history of the instrument's development. I don't know of any case where the reverse occurred.”
Source : Genrikh Gustavovich Neĭgauz, Heinrich Neuhaus (1973). “The art of piano playing”, Longwood Pr Ltd
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“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
Source : Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”
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“gardening is a madness and a rapture.”
Source : Faith Sullivan (2012). “What a Woman Must Do: A Novel”, p.11, Random House
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“Two contrasting attitudes: non-math person: "Math is so abstract." i.e. "hard to understand" math person: We abstract *in order to understand.* Part of our job is to teach people this latter mentality.”
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“It is wonderful what great strides can be made when there is a resolute purpose behind them.”
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“That combination of thought and action defines creative confidence: the ability to come up with new ideas and the courage to try them out.”
Source : Tom Kelley, David Kelley (2013). “Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All”, p.20, Crown Business
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“I tell you that studying humanities in high school is more important than mathematics - mathematics is too sharp an instrument, no good for kids.”
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“There's something great about being a really young actor because you don't have a chance to be nervous. You don't know anything yet. Whereas one of the big challenges as you go through - I've been doing acting professionally for 10 years now - is to not let all the things that you know hold you back and make you more nervous. Once you've had a few people tell you that they don't like your ideas, that voice in your head can creep in that says, "Don't tell them what you think."”
