"When we work on a piece of music, we'll often read the biographies of the composer and learn about what was going on historically and artistically. But I believe that the connection to a piece of music is something much more personal and mysterious than all of these bits of information."

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Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. January 29, 2014.

Helene Grimaud

#Believe Quotes #Connections Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“I think most people realize that Barbara and Jenna are college kids, and to make such a big deal out of it is a bit ridiculous. At least now, the press has stopped.”
“Country and western is the music of the devil. Thats the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved country and western. God, I couldnt handle it.”
“A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.”
“As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.”
“Yes, that is the equality of man. Slaughter anybody who is better than you are, and then we shall be equal soon enough. All equally dead.”
“Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.”
“I'm always improving and I want to get better and never hit a plateau. I find it an amazing adventure.”
“It is presentation which lifts the card trick from the level of the commonplace puzzle to the status of an unforgettable and inexplicable mystery.”

Source : Jean Hugard, Frederick Braué (2012). “Expert Card Technique”, p.573, Courier Corporation

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