I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
I get the most joy in life out of music.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The only thing is to turn away and go on working. Work. There is nothing else.
We are all very ignorant. What happens is that not all ignore the same things.
I never said half the crap people said I did.