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Alan Hovhaness Quotes

I’ve always regarded nature as the clothing of God Picture Quote #1

My mother’s background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland Picture Quote #1

No, no, I didn’t know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians Picture Quote #1

It’s hard for me to think of others because I’m not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century Picture Quote #1

I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living Picture Quote #1

I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing like practice Picture Quote #1

The greater the emotional intensity, the greater the simplicity Picture Quote #1

It’s hard for me to think of others because I’m not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century Picture Quote #1

I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way Picture Quote #1

To me, atonality is against nature. There is a center to everything that exists. The planets have the sun, the earth, the moon Picture Quote #1

There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always regarded nature as the clothing of God (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) My mother’s background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) No, no, I didn’t know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) It’s hard for me to think of others because I’m not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) There is nothing like practice (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) The greater the emotional intensity, the greater the simplicity (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) It’s hard for me to think of others because I’m not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) To me, atonality is against nature. There is a center to everything that exists. The planets have the sun, the earth, the moon (Alan Hovhaness Quotes) There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed (Alan Hovhaness Quotes)