Charles Ives

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"Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)

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"Every great inspiration is but an experiment - though every experiment we know, is not a great inspiration."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)

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"You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)

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"Everyone should have the opportunity of not being over-influenced."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)

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"Please don't try to make things nice! All the wrong notes are right. Just copy as I have — I want it that way."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)

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"The fabric of existence weaves itself whole."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)

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"The future of music may not lie entirely in music itself, but rather in the way it encourages and extends, rather than limits the aspirations and ideals of the people, in the way it makes itself a part with the finer things that humanity does and dreams of."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)

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"Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity."

— Charles Ives (1874-1954)