Classical Contemporary Composition

Famous quotes containing the words classical, contemporary and/or composition:

    “Several classical sayings that one likes to repeat had quite a different meaning from the ones later times attributed to them.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

    “It is my PRIDE, my damn’d, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19-20th of my Composition is Pride. I must either live a Slave, a Servant; to have no Will of my own, no Sentiments of my own which I may freely declare as such;Mor DIE—perplexing alternative!”
    —Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770)