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The aim of music is not to express feelings but to express music.


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Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal

Music is a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal



Any musician who has not experienced - I do not say understood, but truly experienced - the necessity of dodecaphonic music is USELESS. For his whole work is irrelevant to the needs of his epoch.

Any musician who has not experienced - I do not say understood, but truly experienced - the necessity of dodecaphonic music is USELESS. For his whole work is irrelevant to the needs of his epoch.



It is not enough to deface the Mona Lisa because that does not kill the Mona Lisa. All art of the past must be destroyed.

It is not enough to deface the Mona Lisa because that does not kill the Mona Lisa. All art of the past must be destroyed.



For me, curiosity is life. If you are not curious, you are in your coffin.

For me, curiosity is life. If you are not curious, you are in your coffin.



More and more I find that in order to create effectively one has to consider delirium and, yes, organize it.

More and more I find that in order to create effectively one has to consider delirium and, yes, organize it.



Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.

Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous.



Creation exists only in the unforeseen made necessary.

Creation exists only in the unforeseen made necessary.



I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa: it should simply be destroyed.

I suggested that it was not enough to add a moustache to the Mona Lisa: it should simply be destroyed.



We have to fight the past to survive.

We have to fight the past to survive.



All art of the past must be destroyed.

All art of the past must be destroyed.





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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.

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I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.



The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one's life.

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It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.

It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.



Every company, of course, teaches you so much humanly and professionally [about] yourself and your creative process.

Every company, of course, teaches you so much humanly and professionally [about] yourself and your creative process.



I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.

I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape - almost fractal.



Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord.

Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord.



Madonna has a very unique style and comes up constantly with these great songs.

Madonna has a very unique style and comes up constantly with these great songs.



There's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it.

There's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it.



We are not dealing with a scientific problem. We are dealing with a political issue.

We are not dealing with a scientific problem. We are dealing with a political issue.




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