"I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England."

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Source : "The Gospel According To John Corigliano". Interview with Frank J. Oteri, www.newmusicbox.org. February 1, 2005.

John Corigliano

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“There is no place for nostalgia in a progressive world. The new school not only ignores nostalgia, but condemns it. The world of yesterday is becoming an isolated world of remembrances and echoes so forbidden that, to decorate the present with it, you must often do so with a sense of humor or belong to a select group.”

Source : Eric Sloane (1956). “American Yesterday. [With illustrations.]”, New York : W. Funk
“Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.”

Source : Lydia Davis (2014). “Almost No Memory: Stories”, p.4, Macmillan
“God's willingness to answer our prayers exceeds our willingness to give good and necessary things to our children, just as far as God's ability, goodness and perfection exceed our infirmities and evil.”
“I can hear my brother's voice in my head. Your problem is that you're too emotional. But how can I not be emotional, Rowan? How can I not care?”
“I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic buildings for their major public buildings.”
“To be a great player, you have to affect the entire unit.”
“When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me.”
“If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article.”

Source : Tehyi Hsieh (1948). “Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs”

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