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You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meanings of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales.
"You do not play a sonata in order to reach the final chord, and if the meanings of things were simply in ends, composers would write nothing but finales."— Alan Watts
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Meaning of this quote
A musical performance matters throughout its course, not only when the final note arrives.
Key takeaway:
Give value to the process as well as the outcome.
Origin of the quote
The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951).
Who actually said this?
The longer passage concerns dancing and music; supplied meanings appears as meaning in the cited quotation.
