It is natural for us to avoid pain and conflict. So, seeking the truth is not something we do by nature. It is a discipline, and like every disciplin… - Robert Fritz

Hector Berlioz’s witty comment, “Time is the great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all of its students.

Originality means nothing. It is the power of the artistic vision that counts. As time passes, most things original will not be original. Fashions, styles, forms, flairs, and what’s in vogue, all will pass. The fashion will become out of date, the style will change, the flair will fizzle, and we will wonder why anyone was shocked. What will always matter is the substance of the artwork, not its style.

Even Mozart, perhaps the most gifted composer in history, developed and grew in his art. The music he wrote in his thirties was far more advanced than what he wrote in his twenties or in his teens. The more music he wrote, the more he was able to write.