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The past slips from our grasp. It leaves us only scattered things. The bond that united them eludes us. Our imagination usually fills in the void by making use of preconceived theories...Archaeology, then, does not supply us with certitudes, but rather with vague hypotheses. And in the shade of these hypotheses some artists are content to dream, considering them less as scientific facts than as sources of inspiration.

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The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its de…

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Good composers don't borrow, they steal

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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.

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Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.

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Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.

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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

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My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.

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