"Music, as long as it exists, will always take its departure from the major triad and return to it. The musician cannot escape it any more than the painter his primary colors or the architect his three dimensions."

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Source : Paul Hindemith (1970). “The Craft of Musical Composition: Theory. English translation by Arthur Mendel”

Paul Hindemith

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“Success is the process of not accepting failure.”

Source : Georgette Mosbacher (1994). “Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve”, Touchstone
“Following a meeting with Hitler, Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, a man who had 'courageously criticized the Nazi attacks on the Catholic Church' - went away convinced that Hitler was deeply religious.”
“The fact that radio is so hopeless at delivering data makes it an uncluttered medium, offering the basic story without the detailed trappings. But it does mean that if data is important, radio is probably not your place.”
“I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.”
“You only have one trip. You might as well enjoy it.”
“Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.”
“A Chinese poet many centuries ago noticed that to re-create something in words is like being alive twice.”
“No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.”

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