Ives Advice

A Quote from Charles Ives:

"The humblest composer will not find true humility in aiming low--he must
never be timid or afraid of trying to express that which he feels is far
above his power to express, any more than he should be afraid of breaking
away, when necessary, from easy first sounds, or afraid of admitting that
those half truths that come to him at rare intervals, are half true, for
instance, that all art galleries contain masterpieces which are nothing more
than a history of art's beautiful mistakes."

--- In tuning@y..., Afmmjr@a... wrote:
> A Quote from Charles Ives:
>
> "The humblest composer will not find true humility in aiming low--he must
> never be timid or afraid of trying to express that which he feels is far
> above his power to express, any more than he should be afraid of breaking
> away, when necessary, from easy first sounds, or afraid of admitting that
> those half truths that come to him at rare intervals, are half true, for
> instance, that all art galleries contain masterpieces which are nothing more
> than a history of art's beautiful mistakes."

That is great advice. It reminds me of another quote "A man's reach must exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"

John Starrett