Quote by Harrison Birtwistle
When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I

When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music Id been writing since I was 11. – Harrison Birtwistle

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Im not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. Ive never had that attitude to music. – Harrison Birtwistle

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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that dont meet. And then your friends say: Its terrific! – Harrison Birtwistle

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The theatre only knows what its doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years time? A completely different attitude. – Harrison Birtwistle

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There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just dont know. – Robert Fitzgerald

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All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis. – Jacques Ellul

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