Ned Rorem quotes

Art means to dare - and to have been right. (Ned Rorem)
The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. View quote
Ned Rorem
Art's the biggest vanity: the assumption that one's view of peace or fright or beauty is permanently communicable. View quote
Ned Rorem
The same piece of music alters at each hearing. But oh, the need to repeat and repeat and repeat unchanged the sexual experience. View quote
Ned Rorem
Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin. View quote
Ned Rorem
Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist. View quote
Ned Rorem
Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced. View quote
Ned Rorem
Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence. View quote
Ned Rorem
The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of. View quote
Ned Rorem