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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate read more
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my read more
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
Creation is a drug I can't do without.
Creation is a drug I can't do without.
There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.
... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.
