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"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

"It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists."

"The movies remind me of the Triangle Club at Princeton. I used to belong to it, and we always started out firm in our decision to create new and startling things. We always ended up by producing the same old show. In the beginning, our enthusiasm and ideals discarded as rubbish all the old fossilized plots."

"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art."

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

"I want to see thirstIn the syllables,Tough fireIn the sound;Feel through the darkFor the scream."
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"One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures."

"The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started."

"There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures."
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