"The Quartets have been a major part of my work."

-- Elliott Carter

#Quartets Quotes

“I felt freed to please myself, to find my way as I would, in a world that was much vaster than I had realized before, in which I was but one star-gleam, one wavelet, among multitudes. My happiness mattered not a whit more than the next person's - or the next fish's, or the next grass-blade's! - and not a whit less.”
“I would vote for a Mormon.”
“A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it.”
“The statement, "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to cut social spending" is presented as an objective assessment of our situation. But can you imagine a media commentator making the following assertion? "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to raise taxes on the rich."”
“Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.”
“I have a hard time retaining the lines. Even on set I make mistakes but I'm okay with that.”
“Mayor De Blasio's appointment of Bill Bratton as police commissioner is the height of hypocrisy. Asking Bratton to stop racial profiling and stop and frisk is like asking an arsonist to help you put out fires. Bratton along with his partner Giuliani started and supported racial profiling stops. A new progressive mayor? I think not!”
“...because when people have seen you at their worst, you don't have to put on the mask as much.”

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