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“The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.”
Source : "Composers On Music: Eight Centuries of Writings". Book by Josiah Fisk, p. 355. In conversation with Isaac Glikman (July 4, 1966), January 30, 1997.
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“We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.”
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“To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.”
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“There is always time for a nap.”
Source : Suzy Becker (1990). “All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat”, Workman Publishing Company
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“My art's not safe, I don't want it to be safe, it's not meant to be safe, its controversial, it takes you into deep areas, it's a journey, its starts off in safe areas but it gets into deep waters.”
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“The more we try to improve our schools, the heavier the teaching task becomes; and the better our teaching methods the more difficult they are to apply.”
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“As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation - a bloody and murdering practise than a fellowly sport or pastime.”
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“It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.”
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“I'm Christian. Growing up in Ethiopia, it's half-Christian and half-Muslim. You grow up with Muslim kids. I'm very much aware of their religion.”
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“When I play, I make love – it is the same thing.”
