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When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood Berlin days is the... →
For years that may mean imitation. Then, one day, it is like a door opening, and a new thought comes in. Why not try this instead. Suddenly he is... →
Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like... →
As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance... →
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.
Any creator owes a debt to past creation.
I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
I still do not know where the notes will come from when I accept a commission for a new work.
If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.
Since age seven, I've been composing and have never stopped composing, yet, the creative process is as elusive to me as it has ever been.
To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.
Truth implies meaning.
Truth is a big concept.
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