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Quote by Michael Tippett
My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to c

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

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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

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Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading. – Michael Tippett

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Imagination
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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

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The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible. – Alexander Chase

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Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels. – Luigi Pirandello

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True intelligence requires fabulous imagination. – Ian Mcewan

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I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination. – Carlos Fuentes

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