Ned Rorem quotes

Art means to dare - and to have been right. (Ned Rorem)
The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. View quote
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Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable. View quote
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The same piece of music alters at each hearing. But oh, the need to repeat and repeat and repeat unchanged the sexual experience. View quote
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Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin. View quote
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Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist. View quote
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Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced. View quote
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Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence. View quote
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The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of. View quote
Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem

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Occupation: American Composer
Born: October 23, 1923
Died: November 18, 2022
Quotes count: 9
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