#eve

When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#benefit #certain #composition #cool #did

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#bitterly #centuries #composers #dialogue #obsessively

American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#american #calculate #car #count #distance

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#bruce #bruce lee #chan #first #i

You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart. ↗

— Anna Held

#him #man #never #smart #think

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#arguing #attempt #autonomy #certainly #even

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#care #coordinator #everyone #i #make

I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#cream #eat #everything #i #ice

The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#am #anyone #call #crazier #fearless

If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#assured #being #both #clutter #continue