“Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry.”
— Michael Tippett
Author: Michael Tippett
Category: poetry
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I am quite certain in my heart
“I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.”
— Michael Tippett
Author: Michael Tippett
Category: truth
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I am quite certain in my heart
“I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.”
— Michael Tippett
Author: Michael Tippett
Category: music
Tags: music, Michael Tippett
My True function within a society which
“My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical.”
— Michael Tippett
Author: Michael Tippett
Category: imagination
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I am quite certain in my heart
“I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.”
— Michael Tippett
Author: Michael Tippett
Category: art
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Music is a performance and needs the
“Music is a performance and needs the audience.”
— Michael Tippett
Author: Michael Tippett
Category: music
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Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left
“Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.”
— Michael Tippett
Author: Michael Tippett
Category: imagination
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