Ned Rorem Quotes
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~ Ned Rorem Quote
Artists, by definition innocent, don't steal. But they do borrow without giving back.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
The twelve-toners behave as if music should be seen and not heard
~ Ned Rorem Quote
Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
To see itself through, music must have idea or magic. ... Music with neither dies young though rich.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
Classic means standard as opposed to Romantic: form before meaning as opposed to meaning before form. It grows from inside out, while Romantic grows from outside in.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
Sooner or later you've heard all your best friends have to say. Then comes the tolerance of real love.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
Art means to dare - and to have been right.
~ Ned Rorem Quote
