"Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift."

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"It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

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"Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention."

Patrick Macnee, British Actor

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"We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated."

Henry Bessemer, English Scientist

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"The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly."

Demetri Martin, American Comedian

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"Aliens didn't come down to Earth and give us technology. We invented it ourselves. Therefore it can never be alienating it can only be an expression of our humanity."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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"As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality."

Mose Allison, American Musician

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"And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition."

Karlheinz Stockhausen, German Composer

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"Mothers are the necessity of invention."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

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"Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift."

Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer

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"We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex."

Jimmy Carl Black, American Musician

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"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause."

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"I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment."

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"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music."

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"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way."

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"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding."

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"The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks."

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"Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand."

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"It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts."

"Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention."

"We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were dated."

"The digital camera is a great invention because it allows us to reminisce. Instantly."

"Aliens didn't come down to Earth and give us technology. We invented it ourselves. Therefore it can never be alienating it can only be an expression of our humanity."

"As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality."

"And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition."

"Mothers are the necessity of invention."

"Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift."

"We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex."

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"The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause."

"I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment."

"I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone."

"It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces."

"I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise."

"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music."

"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way."

"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding."

"The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks."

"Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand."