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Morton Feldman Quotes: "The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection."

The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "The composer makes plans, music laughs."

The composer makes plans, music laughs.




Morton Feldman Quotes: "We do not hear what we hear..., only what we remember."

We do not hear what we hear..., only what we remember.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "Do we have anything in music that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away?"

Do we have anything in music that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away?




Morton Feldman Quotes: "Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon."

Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures."

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire."

Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire.




Morton Feldman Quotes: "I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break"

I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break



Morton Feldman Quotes: "If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost."

If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who's ready to do that?"

To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who's ready to do that?



Morton Feldman Quotes: "For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart."

For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "At one point [Cardew] taught himself to play guitar simply in order to take part in the performance in a composition by Boulez, which is a little like saying he learned Danish to read Kiekegaard."

At one point [Cardew] taught himself to play guitar simply in order to take part in the performance in a composition by Boulez, which is a little like saying he learned Danish to read Kiekegaard.




Morton Feldman Quotes: "I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country"

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country



Morton Feldman Quotes: "I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste - now that's what I call memory!"

I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste - now that's what I call memory!



Morton Feldman Quotes: "What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art."

What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles."

After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't consider myself minimalist at all"

I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't consider myself minimalist at all



Morton Feldman Quotes: "For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I don't know what a flute is unless the person plays it for me"

For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I don't know what a flute is unless the person plays it for me



Morton Feldman Quotes: "I'm not suspicious, I'm just careful."

I'm not suspicious, I'm just careful.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "No one has the Houdini school of composition."

No one has the Houdini school of composition.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians."

Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.



Morton Feldman Quotes: "Boulez, who is everything I don't want art to be... Boulez, who once said in an essay that he is not interested in how a piece sounds, only how it is made."

Boulez, who is everything I don't want art to be... Boulez, who once said in an essay that he is not interested in how a piece sounds, only how it is made.