#piece

For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident. ↗

— Sidney Lumet

#any #come #director #films #little

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people. ↗

— Macklemore

#challenging #front #more #people #piece

I've never been a big cinephile, which may be why I could treat 'The Clock' like a puzzle and force the pieces to fit together in odd ways. ↗

— Christian Marclay

#big #clock #could #fit #force

What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing. ↗

— Cheech Marin

#artist #both #combination #doing #emotional

I believe so, but at first he must know. He must know in which spirit Beethoven has composed this piece. He must try to study that. And he must find out in which station of life of Beethoven he did. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#believe #composed #did #find #first

I like a very dark house, just black. I sit there and just think. Once I'm still and quiet inside, I'll begin. It's very personal; it has to be. One song may be Bach, the next blues, a song from TV, or a nursery rhyme or jazz piece. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#begin #black #blues #dark #house

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. ↗

— Van Morrison

#charles #first #imagination #live #music

There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants. ↗

— Arnold Newman

#come #compose #composition #computer #impossible

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#dictionary #does #great #literature #make

And an integrated life is one where you're able to fit the different pieces of your life together in seamless fashion. ↗

— James Collins

#different #fashion #fit #integrated #life