composer quotes
The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants.
The public doesn't want new music: the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.
The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation.
There is a definite limit to the length of time a composer can go on writing in one dance rhythm. This limit is obviously reached by Ravel toward the end of LaValse and toward the beginning of Bole ro.
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