"What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

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"What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out."

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"There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee."

Pontius Pilate, Roman Politician

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"Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something."

Dennis Prager, American Journalist

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"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

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"It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

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"The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form."

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"Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today."

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"In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role."

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"Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves with texts."

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"The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it."

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"Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist it: levelling, and imitation of what others are already doing."

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"With creative people, truly new horizons open up."

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"In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic."

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