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Brian Ferneyhough Quotes

The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests a relative indifference of the strata to one another during the process of construction.

Brian Ferneyhough

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: british
Birth: January 16, 1943

Topics

Construction Process Alien Idea Very

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.

John Berger

World Rest Rich Priorities Result

Some people play best when they're frustrated and mad. I play my best when I'm happy. I really, truly do.

Megan Rapinoe

Best Happy People Mad Play Some

I can't hide my feelings. I'm efficient. I've always been that way.

Amy Schumer

Hide Feelings Way Always Been

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

Stephen Sondheim

Love Music Me Feel Laugh Cry

There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators.

Steven Wright

Power People Yesterday Trapped Store

I am absolutely happy to train Real Madrid. I have a wonderful challenge.

Julen Lopetegui

Challenge I Am Happy Train Real Am

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Joseph Wood Krutch

Happiness Gratitude Kind Itself

The 21st century is dominated by networks because the introduction of the information age, we can suddenly create, free flow these globally distributed, organic, shaped networks of individuals.

Chris Fussell

Age Free Information Create Flow

My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it's gained momentum.

Brendon Urie

Momentum Create Never Anything

The 'Crossfire' demographic is all-encompassing. Age, gender, religion, culture... it doesn't matter.

Sylvia Day

Age Culture Religion Gender Matter

Choreographers tend to treat ballet dancers like kids they can manipulate.

Sylvie Guillem

Treat Dancers Like Kids Ballet Tend

We often imagine that the court serves as a sort of neutral umpire controlling the warring political branches. But this is mostly myth. The justices of the Supreme Court are themselves actors in the struggle for power, and when they intervene, they think carefully about how their decisions will affect the court's own legitimacy and authority.

Noah Feldman

Power Struggle Think Political Will