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Quote by Steven Levenkron

“Repetition brings familiarity, and familiarity is the opposite of the unknown.”

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Steven Levenkron is an American writer born in 1941. His works primarily focus on adolescent issues, especially adolescent drug abuse and mental health. Levenkron's writing is praised for its profound social insight and realistic depiction of adolescent life. more

“At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I must have the unexpected, the unforeseen. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised by what comes out. I want to enjoy it more than the audience. That way the music can bloom anew. It's like making love. The act is always the same, but each time it's different.”

Way Want Different Moments Enjoy Audience Risk Dare Unexpected Concerts Making Love Unforeseen

Author:Arthur Rubinstein

“I was born very, very lazy and I don't always practice very long. but I must say, in my defense, that it is not so good, in a musical way, to overpractice. When you do, the music seems to come out of your pocket. If you play with a feeling of 'Oh, I know this,' you play without that little drop of fresh blood that is necessary – and the audience feels it.”

Ifs Knows Way Feels Littles Long Play Feelings Seems Born Practice Audience Blood Musical Defense Lazy Pockets

Author:Arthur Rubinstein

“Composing a concert is like composing a menu.... If you start with light pieces and play a 45-minute sonata after the interlude, it's like starting dinner with hors d'oeuvres and dessert and finishing with a Châteaubriand and vegetables.”

Ifs Play Light Pieces Minutes Starting Dinner Concerts Vegetables Finishing Dessert Composing Menus Sonatas

Author:Arthur Rubinstein

“I'm a free person; I feel terribly free. They could put me in chains and I still would be free because my thoughts would be mine - and that's all I want to have.”

Want Feels Persons Stills Would Be Mines Chains My Thoughts

Author:Arthur Rubinstein

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