"[On the music of Richard Strauss:] Too many notes!"

-- Nadia Boulanger

#Music Quotes #Notes Quotes

“I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'”

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“I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was tremendous.”

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“You know, it's cigarettes that killed Jerry Garcia. Everyone thinks it's heroin, but it wasn't. It was cigarettes.”
“Nice costume," he said. "Ditto. I can tell you put alot of though into yours." Amusement curled his mouth. "If you don't like it, I can take it off." I tapped my chin thoughtfully. "That just might be the best proposal I've had all night." "My offers are always the best, Angel.”
“Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables, are things of first importance, there is the height of civilization, and, if at the same time, the power of art exists unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom attained and very seldom surpassed.”
“You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.”
“There’s no such thing as perfection, and life is not a race.”
“Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.”

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