Art means to dare – and to have been right.
About Ned Rorem
Ned Miller Roremwas an American composer of contemporary classical music and a writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was considered the leading American of his time writing in the genre.
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Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced.
American composer and diarist
Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.
American composer and diarist
Art means to dare – and to have been right.
American composer and diarist
The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of.
American composer and diarist
Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.
American composer and diarist
Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence.
American composer and diarist