I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the fantastic.

The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.'

Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all.

Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent.

You need three or five hands to play Ligeti.

You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts.

I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano.

The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'.

The human body is the best work of art.

Writing is a product of silence.

Victory! Catherine wanted to pull the front of her top over her head and run around the office making V-signs. Of course she wouldn’t do that

Bad is always afraid of good and that is the reason why bad tries to eliminate good!

Once we start thinking of ourselves as polluted, there is not much incentive to behave well, and the trip down the slippery slope is likely.

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

We will make it because we are young and we will never, never give up.

For the word is dialectical in itself and at the same time is integrated into the whole of existence. By this I mean that the word is intended to be lived.

Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.