"Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization."

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Source : "Pierre Schaeffer: an Interview with the Pioneer of Musique Concrete". Records Quarterly magazine, vol. 2, n° 1, 1987.

Pierre Schaeffer

#Thinking Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Barbarians Quotes

“And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue â€” liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.”
“You blow in this end of the trombone and sound comes out the other end and disrupts the cosmos.”
“It's true, we are a highly professional force and we can produce highly lethal fighting forces, but I defy you to find more dedicated humanitarians or better friends when the chips are down.”
“I'm flattered that women think that I'm sexy.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. Youâ€™re not thinking about loving; youâ€™re just being love, radiating like the sun.”
“The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.”
“There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player”
“Still I should paint my own places best; painting is with me but another word for feeling, and I associate "my careless boyhood" with all that lies on the banks of the Stour; those scenes made me a painter, and I am grateful; that is, I had often thought of pictures of them before ever I touched a pencil, and your picture ['The White Horse'] is one of the strongest instance I can recollect of it.”

Source : John E. Thornes, John Constable (1999). “John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science”, p.51, A&C Black

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