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Quote by Milton Babbitt

“Music is that great language where a lot can be said and little can be proven.”

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Milton Babbitt was an influential American composer known for his work in serialism and electronic music. His compositions often explored complex rhythmic and harmonic structures, and he was a prominent figure in the musical avant-garde during the mid-20th century. more

“Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting and be popular. You may be good at Greek and good at sport, and be wildly popular. But try all three and you’re a mountebank. Nothing arouses suspicion quicker than genuine, all-round proficiency.”

Trying Humans May Three Sports Painting Rounds Be Good Genuine Greek Traits Suspicion Versatility Proficiency

Author:Dorothy Dunnett

“But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.”

Men Hands Fate Mines Broken Twenties Accepted Despised

Book:The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One

Source: The Game Of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles Book One

“And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.”

Imagination Hell Habit Ambition Intention Ruins Curse Substitutes Initiative Good Intentions Bane

Author:Dorothy Dunnett

“Music, the knife without a hilt.”

Knives