So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Aaron CoplandRead
Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"
Interpretation
What this quote means
Inspiration can be a daily pursuit rather than a sporadic occurrence.
This quote by Aaron Copland emphasizes the importance of actively seeking inspiration instead of passively waiting for it to strike. It suggests that creativity and motivation are cultivated through daily effort and attention, encouraging individuals to make the pursuit of inspiration a regular part of their lives.
Themes
InspirationCreativityDedicationEffortMotivation
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on creativity, I would reference this quote to encourage students to seek inspiration actively.
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You compose because you want to somehow summarize in some permanent form your most basic feelings about being alive, to set down some sort of permanent statement about the way it feels to live now, today.
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