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Morton Feldman quotes: We do not hear what we hear ... , only what we remember.

We do not hear what we hear ... , only what we remember.

Morton Feldman quotes: After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles.

After all, Jews invented psychiatry to help other Jews become Gentiles.

Morton Feldman quotes: Do we have anything in music that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away?

Do we have anything in music that really wipes everything out? That just cleans everything away?

Morton Feldman quotes: Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire.

Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire.

Morton Feldman quotes: Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.

Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.

Morton Feldman quotes: For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart.

For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart.

Morton Feldman quotes: I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break

I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break

Morton Feldman quotes: I'm not suspicious, I'm just careful.

I'm not suspicious, I'm just careful.

Morton Feldman quotes: What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art.

What was great about the 50s is that for one brief moment - maybe, say, six weeks - nobody understood art.

Morton Feldman quotes: The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.

The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.

Morton Feldman quotes: The composer makes plans, music laughs.

The composer makes plans, music laughs.

Morton Feldman quotes: Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures.

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures.

Morton Feldman quotes: I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it.

I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it.

Morton Feldman quotes: To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who's ready to do that?

To understand what music has to be, you have to live for music. Who's ready to do that?

Morton Feldman quotes: If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.

If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost.

Morton Feldman quotes: Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon.

Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon.

Morton Feldman quotes: No one has the Houdini school of composition.

No one has the Houdini school of composition.