Quotations
- Music Composition
Ceaseless work,
analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my
secret - J.S. Bach
It is the duty
of the composer to serve his fellow man, to beautify human life and point
the way to a radiant future. Such is the immutable code of the artist as
I see it
-
Sergei Prokofiev
We hide ourselves
in our music to reveal ourselves
-
Jim Morrison
It is proportion
that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music
is measured by it
-
Orlando Gibbons
The real authenticity
we recognize is when the person is totally involved. If the art is created
with the whole person, then the work will come out whole
-
Stephen Nachmanovitch
Originality is
the art of concealing your source
The unconscious
is the womb of all musical creation; all masterpieces are born there.
A creative artist
works on his next composition because he is not satisfied with his previous
one.
When he loses
a critical attitude towards his own work, he ceases to be an artist...
