"Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity, whether it be the presence of a copyist waiting for your work or the prodding of an impresario tearing his hair."

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Source : "Composers on Music". Book by Josiah Fisk and Jeff Nichols, 1997.

Gioachino Rossini

#Inspiration Quotes #Hair Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“We cut the throat of a calf and hang it up by the heels to bleed to death so that our veal cutlet may be white; we nail geese to a board and cram them with food because we like the taste of liver disease; we tear birds to pieces to decorate our women's hats; we mutilate domestic animals for no reason at all except to follow an instinctively cruel fashion; and we connive at the most abominable tortures in the hope of discovering some magical cure for our own diseases by them.”
“Beauty is embarrassing.”
“Our content carries the Forbes name, and our whole mantra is to put authoritative journalism at the center of the social media experience.”
“And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing.”
“memory is a drug. Memory can hold you against your strength and against your will ...”

Source : Beryl Markham (1994). “The Illustrated West with the Night”, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
“Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.”
“When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene.”
“Traditional photojournalists arrive with an idea of what they are going to produce or what the editor wants. I approach a subject very much as a street photographer and a wanderer, without preconceptions. I try to leave it extremely intuitive and exploratory.”

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