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"Time is standing still. We are measuring ourselves by how far we are going."
"Minutes remain the same length whether they are held against the span of years or minutes themselves. Yet, when minutes are held against themselves, they seem so terribly brief. Therefore, we'd be wise to celebrate life before minutes are all that's left."
Explore more quotes by Harrison Birtwistle
"The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names."
"This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it."
"My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!"
"There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes."
"One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things."
"People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me."
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