Skip to main content

You may feel depressed, but i...

You may feel depressed, but it can't be so depressing that you can't move. No, I would say that people create in moments when they are elated about expressing their depression!

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Music that is born complex is...

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Mozart tapped the source from...

Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

The greatest moments of the h...

The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Mozart in his music was proba...

Mozart in his music was probably the most reasonable of the world's great composers. It is the happy balance between flight and control, between sensibility and self-discipline, simplicity and sophistication of style that is his particular province... Mozart tapped once again the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breath-taking rightness that has never since been duplicated.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

I don't compose. I assemble m...

I don't compose. I assemble materials.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

A great symphony is a man-mad...

A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

The inspired moment may somet...

The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Music that is born complex is ...

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

A great symphony is a man-made...

A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Mozart tapped the source from ...

Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

A melody is not merely somethi...

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

The main thing is to be satisf...

The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not happy.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Someone once asked me... wheth...

Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: 'Every day!'

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

The greatest moments of the hu...

The greatest moments of the human spirit may be deduced from the greatest moments in music.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Composers tend to assume that ...

Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn't.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Inspiration may be a form of s...

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

To stop the flow of music woul...

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

When I speak of the gifted lis...

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

The whole problem can be state...

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

Aaron Copland 41 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

23

Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

83

Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

115

Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

219

Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

541

Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

165

Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....