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Morton Feldman Quotes

What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art Picture Quote #1

I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break Picture Quote #1

Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you’ve got to arrive at is a kind of typical gestural crap, right? You might agree, though you wouldn’t call it gestural crap Picture Quote #1

I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste - now that’s what I call memory! Picture Quote #1

Do we have anything in music for example that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away? Picture Quote #1

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures Picture Quote #1

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I’m not suspicious, I’m just careful Picture Quote #1

We do not hear what we hear..., only what we remember Picture Quote #1

The composer makes plans, music laughs Picture Quote #1

If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you’re lost Picture Quote #1

Boulez, who is everything I don’t want art to be... Boulez, who once said in an essay that he is not interested in how a piece sounds, only how it is made Picture Quote #1

To me, I took a militant attitude towards sounds. I wanted sounds to be a metaphor, that they could be as free as a human being might be free. That was my idea about sound. It still is, that they should breathe... not to be used for the vested interest of an idea. I feel that music should have no vested interests, that you shouldn’t know how it’s made, that you shouldn’t know if there’s a system, that you shouldn’t know anything about it... except that it’s some kind of life force that to some degree really changes your life... if you’re into it Picture Quote #1

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Do we have anything in music that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away? Picture Quote #1

I’ve been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it Picture Quote #1

Music can imply the infinite if enough things depart from the norm far enough. Strange abnormal events can lead to the feeling that anything can happen, and you have a music with no boundaries Picture Quote #1

Art in relation to life is nothing more than a glove turned inside out. It seems to have the same shapes and contours, but it can never be used for the same purpose. Art teaches nothing about life, just as life teaches us nothing about art Picture Quote #1

To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who’s ready to do that? Picture Quote #1

The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others Picture Quote #1

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What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art. (Morton Feldman Quotes) I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break (Morton Feldman Quotes) Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you’ve got to arrive at is a kind of typical gestural crap, right? You might agree, though you wouldn’t call it gestural crap (Morton Feldman Quotes) I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste - now that’s what I call memory! (Morton Feldman Quotes) Do we have anything in music for example that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away? (Morton Feldman Quotes) Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures (Morton Feldman Quotes) I’m not suspicious, I’m just careful (Morton Feldman Quotes) We do not hear what we hear..., only what we remember (Morton Feldman Quotes) The composer makes plans, music laughs (Morton Feldman Quotes) If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you’re lost (Morton Feldman Quotes) Boulez, who is everything I don’t want art to be... Boulez, who once said in an essay that he is not interested in how a piece sounds, only how it is made (Morton Feldman Quotes) To me, I took a militant attitude towards sounds. I wanted sounds to be a metaphor, that they could be as free as a human being might be free. That was my idea about sound. It still is, that they should breathe... not to be used for the vested interest of an idea. I feel that music should have no vested interests, that you shouldn’t know how it’s made, that you shouldn’t know if there’s a system, that you shouldn’t know anything about it... except that it’s some kind of life force that to some degree really changes your life... if you’re into it (Morton Feldman Quotes) Do we have anything in music that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away? (Morton Feldman Quotes) I’ve been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it (Morton Feldman Quotes) Music can imply the infinite if enough things depart from the norm far enough. Strange abnormal events can lead to the feeling that anything can happen, and you have a music with no boundaries (Morton Feldman Quotes) Art in relation to life is nothing more than a glove turned inside out. It seems to have the same shapes and contours, but it can never be used for the same purpose. Art teaches nothing about life, just as life teaches us nothing about art (Morton Feldman Quotes) To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who’s ready to do that? (Morton Feldman Quotes) The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others (Morton Feldman Quotes)