one hundred & fourteen

Having arrived at the final station, I decided to get off the already overcrowded train. Since then I have tried to proceed on foot. ... I do not know whether or not the symphony will survive as a musical form.  I very much hope that it will and I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless. *

*  Alfred Schnittke (24 November 1934 - 3 August 1998)

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one hundred & twelve

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I have simply ordered a box of maniacs *

Sylvia Plath (27 October 1932 - 11 February 1963)

one hundred & ten

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole. You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance. ...  It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life. *

* Charles Edward Ives (20 October 1874 - 19 May 1954)

one hundred & nine

illusion is the first of all pleasures*

* Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900)

one hundred & eight

To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better. *

* Giuseppe Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901)