If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances?

Quote by Charles Ives

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In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings...

In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings...

Every great inspiration is but an experiment.

Every great inspiration is but an experiment.

If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might...

If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might...

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of...

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of...

A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal...

A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal...

Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth.

Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth.

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in...

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in...

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it...

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it...

There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart...

There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart...

You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality,...

You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality,...

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The...

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The...