The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something…

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Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the...

I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a...

I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Poetry, the genre of purest beauty, was born of a truncated woman: her head severed...

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

Why are women so much more interesting to men than men are to women?

It's been a journey. For women of color, for my family. It's one dream coming...

It's been a journey. For women of color, for my family. It's one dream coming...

Powerful women are either sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, or...

Powerful women are either sexually voracious rulers like Catherine the Great or Elizabeth I, or...

While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight; while children go hungry, as they...

While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight; while children go hungry, as they...