Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland.
A life without tragedy would not be worth living.
Salome had but seven veils; the artist has a thousand.
How did Haydn and Mozart produce such vast quantities of formally perfect art? They worked from a perfect formula. In music, Beethoven was the Great Emancipator.
Beware of the man who has no enemies.
An empty man is full of himself.