#v

I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#i #imagery #negative #perplexed #term

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

In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of articulate human cognition, the better. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#articulate #better #between #boundaries #case

In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.' ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#arise #chaotic #come #contact #fluctuations

This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#alert #business #business community #certain #change

For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#evolution #first #first time #history #influenza

Influenza pandemics must be taken seriously, precisely because of their capacity to spread rapidly to every country in the world. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#capacity #country #every #influenza #must

It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#compose #easier #form #just #manual

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#inevitable #law #least #must #mystery

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors. ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#enough #faith #having #i #just