A Quote by Alfred North Whitehead
Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
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Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.
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Whenever our life is stirred by truth, it expresses energy and comes to be filled, as it were, with a creative ardor. This consciousness of the creative urge is evidence of the force of truth on our mind.
At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn't possible to save mankind.
To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
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When I have a creative block, I take walks. I like to see what shapes stick out - so many legs rushing by at once, it can seem abstract. I don't need to see great art to get stirred up. Music does that for me more easily.
Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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