Quote by Brian Ferneyhough
With respect to the respective French and German traditions you ar

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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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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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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No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised. – Roger Goodell

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We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us. – Alain de Botton

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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. – E. W. Howe

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I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just dont know when they sleep. – Val Kilmer

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