I have a very dear friend, a great painter, called me up very upset, the work wasnโt going wellโฆ He asked me to come to his studio -- which I did -- I looked around at the work, dozens of sketches, drawings, large pictures, and I was very close to his work, intensely involved with his work, and he asked me, โWhatโs wrong?โ And I said, โSimple โ itโs a loss of nerve.
Morton FeldmanBoulez, who is everything I don't want art to be... Boulez, who once said in an essay that he is not interested in how a piece sounds, only how it is made.
Morton FeldmanMost music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon.
Morton Feldman