"My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices."

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Source : "Sergei Prokofiev: Autobiography, Articles, Reminiscences". Book by Sergei Prokofiev, Edited by S. Shlifstein and translated by Rose Prokofieva, p. 7, 1960.

Sergei Prokofiev

#Musical Quotes #Virtue Quotes #Imitation Quotes

“Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.”
“Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys.”
“And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You messed with the wrong white girl, motherfucker!â€ Tyler shouted.”
“I swear, guys in groups are capable of the stupidest things." "Like war," Kellan says, heaping napkins and ketchup packets onto her tray. "And jumping off rooftops." "And lighting their farts on fire," she says.”
“Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn.”
“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.”
“Welcome the challenges. Look for the opportunities in every situation to learn and grow in wisdom.”

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