"When you love a teacher very much - as I did Olivier Messiaen - you do have to leave them.One of the things that separated me from Messiaen was my desire to create works with a big structure, a large symphonic sweep. His forms are wonderful, glorious mosaics, but again, I prefer narrative."

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Source : Source: www.sfgate.com

George Benjamin

#Teacher Quotes #Desire Quotes #Mosaics Quotes

“The establishment of the state of Israel is not the result of the Holocaust. It is almost a result of the fact that the Holocaust was not totally successful.”
“In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.”

Source : Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang (1997). “Pour your heart into it: how Starbucks built a company one cup at a time”
“Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.”
“It is the surface I am interested in. Because the surface is the inside.”
“Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do - and 25 great players.”
“Enlightenment isn't found with a full stomach, or on a soft pillow.”
“I do a great deal of research. I donâ€™t want anyone to say, â€˜That could not have happened.â€™ It may be fiction, but it has to be true.”
“The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as President, lived for more than thirty years after the White House; Truman, who worked intensely and gaily, lived for twenty”

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