Alejo Carpentier quotes
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“I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner.”
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“In the Kingdom of Heaven, there is no grandeur to be won, inasmuch as there all is an established hierarchy, the unknown is revealed, existence is infinite, there is no possibility of sacrifice, all is rest and joy. For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in The Kingdom of This World.”
-- Alejo CarpentierSource : Alejo Carpentier (1990). “The Kingdom of this World”, Andre Deutsch
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“A day will come when man will discover an alphabet in the eyes of the chalcedonies, in the marking of the moth, and will learn in astonishment that every spotted snail has always been a poem.”
-- Alejo Carpentier
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“I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner.”
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“True popular ballads are the spontaneous products of nature.”
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“Love is a state of being in harmony with oneself.”
Source : Anodea Judith (2012). “Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System”, p.201, Llewellyn Worldwide
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