Gabriel Faure quotes
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“For me, art, and especially music, exist to elevate us as far as possible above everyday existence.”
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“If one has not heard Wagner at Bayreuth, one has heard nothing! Take lots of handkerchiefs because you will cry a great deal! Also take a sedative because you will be exalted to the point of delirium!”
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“Mozart's music is particularly difficult to perform. His admirable clarity exacts absolute cleanness: the slightest mistake in it stands out like black on white. It is music in which all the notes must be heard.”
-- Gabriel Faure
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“Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.”
Source : Alan Dean Foster (1982). “Nor crystal tears”, Del Rey
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“There are always reasons for murdering a man. But there is no justification for his existence.”
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“God exists since mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exists since we cannot prove it.”
Source : "Mathematical Circles Adieu: A Fourth Collection of Mathematical Stories and Anecdotes". Book by Howard Whitley Eves, 1977.
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