On Jul 11, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Colin Broom wrote:
I'm wondering if the collective wisdom of the list might know
this. There's a quote I've heard attributed to composer Morton
Feldman, but I can't find the source of the quote. It's not in any
of his writings that I've read, and none of the interviews I've
come across thus far (including the recent collection of his
interviews 'Morton Feldman says').
Anyway, the quote is :
"The best environment in which to make music is one in which nobody
cares"
Does anyone know if it was indeed Feldman that said this? And where
can I find the quote (apart from in this email obviously).
Certainly it's a very Feldman-ish thing to say.
Here are two links that mention the quote, less grammatically than
you stated it. "...to make music in..." is what they quote. I don't
know if this constitutes firm proof or not. Maybe you could get a
better search result with the ungrammatical one.
http://shibuya.cool.ne.jp/beze/brai/brain05.html
http://brainwashed.com/nww/words/wire1997.html
Christopher
("I KNOW a preposition is something you shouldn't end a sentence
with, a$$hole." said my brother to me upon my correcting him.)
(World record for most prepositions at the end of a sentence, from a
child protesting an Australian bedtime story: "Mommy, what did you
bring that book that I didn't want to be read to out of about Down
Under up for?")
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