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Offline MysteRy

~ Ned Rorem Quotes ~
« on: May 23, 2015, 01:09:14 PM »
Ned Rorem Quotes


A Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and diarist. 
Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is a Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and diarist. He is best known and most praised for his song settings. 

Here are some famous quotes by Ned Rorem.




Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes.

Offline MysteRy

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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2015, 01:10:01 PM »
Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.

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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2015, 01:10:37 PM »
Artists by definition innocent don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.

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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2015, 01:11:16 PM »
The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.

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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2015, 01:11:55 PM »
Sooner or later you've heard all your best friends have to say. Then comes the tolerance of real love.

Offline MysteRy

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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2015, 01:12:29 PM »
Classic means standard as opposed to Romantic: form before meaning as opposed to meaning before form. It grows from inside out while Romantic grows from outside in.