Sooner or later you’ve heard all your best friends have to say. Then comes the tolerance of real love.
—Ned Rorem
Topics: Friendship
Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes.
—Ned Rorem
Topics: Perfection
The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.
—Ned Rorem
Topics: Language
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