The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare. Michael Tippett More Quotes by Michael Tippett More Quotes From Michael Tippett I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being. Michael Tippett conspiracyintegrityart I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race. Michael Tippett curioushumanistrace Music remains the most strange of the materials because we don't understand what happens when music moves you. Michael Tippett materialsstrangemoving Poetry is fascinating. As soon as it begins the poetry has changed the thing into something extra, and somehow prose can go over into poetry. Michael Tippett extraschangedpoetry-is The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. Michael Tippett 18th-centuryour-timecentury The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us. Michael Tippett differentgreekthinking I've seldom become nostalgic or settled. Michael Tippett nostalgic I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it. Michael Tippett interestmade I think we're all pretty odd. Michael Tippett oddthinking Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score. Michael Tippett scorenative-americanart Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance. Michael Tippett conductorperformancessuffering Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater. Michael Tippett theaterformcharacter Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought. Michael Tippett shivaniceworld Music is a performance and needs the audience. Michael Tippett audiencemusicneeds Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading. Michael Tippett readingimaginationcountry Public notice does not necessarily accord with internal fulfilment. Michael Tippett accordinternalsdoe When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way. Michael Tippett confuseduseway Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme. Michael Tippett figure-skatingextremesfigures My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical. Michael Tippett intellectualimaginationgiving Nature has different times. Michael Tippett different-timesdifferentnature
