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Ned Rorem Quotes: Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.
         

Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.


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Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.

Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.



Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.

Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.



Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence.

Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence.



It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.

It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.



Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.



If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.

If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.



The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.

The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.



The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.

The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.



Nothing is a waste that makes a memory.

Nothing is a waste that makes a memory.



composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.

composition is notation of distortion of what composers think they've heard before. Masterpieces are marvelous misquotations.





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I like to tell myself that truth is in the irregularity and the unexpected, and I try to look for both.



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I'm not fearful by nature, but I am vigilant. When you walk into a prison, it's important that a sixth sense kicks in.



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