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Quote by Brian Ferneyhough
When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relev

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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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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With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes. – Brian Ferneyhough

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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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If I wasnt even famous or had any success, I would still wake up and put tons of make-up on, and put on a cool outfit. Thats always been who Ive been my whole life, so thats never gonna change. I love fashion. I love getting dressed up. I love Halloween, too. – Gwen Stefani

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Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened. – William Henry Hudson

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If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger. – Emilio Estevez

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