"The composer does not want the self-sufficiency of a richly complex text: he or she wants to feel that the text is something in need of musical setting."

-- James Fenton

#Self Quotes #Musical Quotes #Doe Quotes

“To understand an artist is to be a genius.”
“Everybody knows how awful the world is and each person distorts it in a certain way that enables him to get through. Some people distort it with religious things, others with sports, money, love, art, and they all have their own nonsense about what makes it meaningful, and all but nothing makes it meaningful. These things definitely serve a certain function, but in the end they all fail to give life meaning and everyone goes to his grave in a meaningless way.”
“I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.”

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“The productivity of a work group seems to depend on how the group members see their own goals in relation to the goals of the organization.”
“A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.”
“Peter, in showing that the Church is one and that only those who are in the Church can be saved, said: "In the Ark of Noah certain persons, numbering only eight, were saved by water, which Baptism effects in like manner for you" (1 Peter 3:20). He proves and demonstrates that the solitary Ark of Noah was the figure of the One Church. If, at the time of this Baptism of the world anyone could have been saved without having been in the Ark of Noah, then he who is outside the Church could now be brought to life by Baptism.”
“White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.”
“When you are in the grips of low self-esteem, itâ€™s painful, and it certainly doesnâ€™t feel like pride. But I believe that this is the dark, quieter side of pride â€” thwarted pride.”

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