"It's always the same: mediocrities are over-valued and great men are rejected."

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Source : Anton Webern (1975). “The path to the new music”, European Amer Music Dist Corp

Anton Webern

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“First you have to spread on the rust performer, then you add a coat of protective enamel, and then you spray on the satin finish so you look good.”
“When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up.”
“It's different obviously with a song when you're talking about narrative, you're talking about the verse leading into the chorus or whatever it is, but you have to have a sensibility of how something would flow either way.”
“There is nothing in your budget for joy. No books, no flowers, no music, not even a cold beer. And there is nothing in your budget to give away to someone else. We donâ€™t help people who donâ€™t have better values than you do.”
“I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.”
“Realizing that my surroundings were going to be built around me, the way that I performed, we helped the directors through the performance, to create the world that we were going to be seen in. I was very fascinated with that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“meditation is a half-way house between thinking and contemplating ...”
“I don't get discouraged because of the comments. After all, they don't really know me.”

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