"I'm not an architectural composer."

-- Harrison Birtwistle

#Composer Quotes

“Guardian angels are perhaps the most popular kind, probably because we all know how fragile life can be. We desperately need protection from unexpected circumstances and unseen dangers. Just the thought of good angels hovering around us gives people a feeling of safety!”

Source : Gary Kinnaman (1994). “Angels Dark and Light”
“Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye of the philosopher, the curve drawn on a paper two inches long, is just as magnificent, just as symbolic of divine mysteries and melodies, as when embodied in the span of some cathedral roof.”
“So think long and hard about who you're spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.”
“Sensations are the great things, after all. Should you ever be drowned or hung, be sure and make a note of your sensations; they will be worth to you ten guineas a sheet.”
“When I make fun of you, I strike just the right note. When you make fun of me, you're an incredibly ungrateful asshole and you know why.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 03, 2013
“I'm tempted to tell you that you think too much, but I'm not really one to talk,' Jacob said. 'Henry Miller wrote something about fear making you fearless. It's a very powerful emotion. Use it to get what you want. I mean if it's going to rule our life, it might as well rule you to freedom, right?”

Source : Tiffanie DeBartolo (2002). “God Shaped Hole: A Novel”, p.57, Sourcebooks, Inc.
“I've been living in Portland for five months and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I probably won't really know for years because that's how it works right? You don't really develop feelings about a place till you've left it. It's like a girl or a dog.”

Source : Adam Rapp (2010). “Punkzilla”, p.2, Candlewick Press

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