"We are aware that the conductor is not really making the music, it is making him -- if he is relaxed, open and attuned, then the invisible will take possession of him; through him, it will reach us."

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Source : Peter Brook (1996). “The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

Peter Brook

#Music Quotes #Invisible Quotes #Possession Quotes

“Americans love to mock the idea of monarchy, and yet we have our own de facto monarchy. I think what these leaks did is, they demonstrated that there really is this government that just is the kind of permanent government that doesnâ€™t get affected by election choices and that isnâ€™t in any way accountable to any sort of democratic transparency and just creates its own world off on its own.”
“Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.”
“That's the great danger of sectarian opinions, they always accept the formulas of past events as useful for the measurement of future events and they never are, if you have high standards of accuracy.”
“My favorite dancer is Sylvie Guillem.”
“I started a modeling agency and I had it for about five and a half years and it was the same time I was actually working with the WWE and doing SmackDown. It was really the same principles; because me growing up I didn't have the support, I wasn't told, yes you can do that; you can do anything you want if you put your mind to it.”

Source : Interview with Mike Furci, www.bullz-eye.com. December 12, 2008.
“I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain, too, and both of us have many friends there.”

Source : Interview with Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2000.
“I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.”
“I think humans in general, make associations and feel the need to group things together to have a better understanding of them. Though I would say my music is more country in a lot of ways, than it is surfy.”

Source : Source: www.roomthirteen.com

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