Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'
Wayne ShorterRead
To me, a song is not finished. To me, there's no such thing as a finished anything. All of Beethoven's nine symphonies, to me, are one. I think of it as having no beginning and no end.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Art is an ongoing process without definitive completion, constantly evolving and interconnected.
Wayne Shorter's quote emphasizes the idea that art, particularly music, is a continuous journey rather than a finite product. He suggests that creations like Beethoven's symphonies are interconnected parts of a larger whole, reflecting the notion that true artistic expression never truly ends but evolves over time.
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ArtMusicCreationEvolutionBeethoven
In practice
Example use cases
In a conversation about the creative process, you could use this quote to illustrate the continuous nature of artistic work.
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