"If you don't know what to do, there's actually a chance of doing something new. As long as you know what you're doing nothing much of interest is going to happen."
Philip Glass in Words Without Music, which was the Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4 last week (and remains available for another 3 weeks or so).
Book of the Week: Words Without Music
His music has been a source of inspiration, discovery, relaxation, excitement, enthralment ... for some time now, and now I've been much taken by the words and thoughts in his memoir.
Another extract from that same episode (3):
"An authentic personal style cannot be achieved without a solid technique at its base."
And from Episode 5 , min. 11:00 onwards:
"Music is a place ..."
And in the same way, Art is a Place
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