"There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences. I had the same experience when I first heard an English folksong, when I first saw Michelangelo's Day and Night, when I suddenly came upon Stonehenge or had my first sight of New York City - the intuition that I had been there already."

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Source : "R.V.W.: A Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams". Book by Ursula Vaughan Williams, p. 30, "Musical Autobiography" (1950), 1964.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

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“My idols were Michael Jackson and The Beatles and I would watch Justin Timberlake and John Mayer perform and I knew I wanted to do what they were doing!”

Source : Source: www.nerdprobs.com
“But only those who have aims and ambitions for the benefit, not of the individual, but of humankind as a whole can persevere to the end.”
“As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.”
“Do you ever suddenly find it strange to be yourself?”

Source : Clarice Lispector, Johnny Lorenz, Benjamin Moser (2012). “A Breath of Life”, p.59, New Directions Publishing
“If you love deeply, you're going to get hurt badly. But it's still worth it.”
“For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.”

Source : "Freddie Highmore on 'August Rush': The RT Interview". Interview with Joe Utichi, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. November 20, 2007.
“I think that sex, drugs, art and religion very much overlap with one another and sometimes one becomes another.”
“Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.”

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