Quote by Brian Ferneyhough
There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with b

There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and transgressions, beyond which a work reaches its breaking point and becomes an actual failure, a mere experimentation. – Brian Ferneyhough

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When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet. – Brian Ferneyhough

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cool
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When I speak of cycles, I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate. – Brian Ferneyhough

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respect
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Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the specifically technical sense of entering spaces where prevailing criteria of success scarcely apply. – Brian Ferneyhough

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There is no such thing as darkness only a failure to see. – Malcolm Muggeridge

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Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

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My downfall raises me to infinite heights. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But its only kept a secret from the person who fails. – Robert Half

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