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Carlisle Floyd Quotes

Carlisle Floyd quotes

American Composer June 11, 1926

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We don't have access to a national forum that we had in those days, through the news magazines which were the television news of the time. It's very disturbing to me that we've sort of been pushed to the corners. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "Anyone who creates something new or does something different..."
Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out. Carlisle Floyd
People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses. Carlisle Floyd
The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art..."
It seems to me opera is just as relevant as an expressive art as anything else. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust..."
Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you..."
You can't possibly predict what will last or not. But once you attempt to write for the ages, you're doomed. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as..."
I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last. Carlisle Floyd
Like any other composer of opera, I choose a subject not for polemical reasons, but because it contains vivid characters in highly charged dramatic situations. Carlisle Floyd
It's necessary to track characters all the way through an opera. If you're dealing with more than one or two characters, it's very easy to forget that the others have lives of their own that feed into the story. Carlisle Floyd
The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "Opera is given so little attention in the national press."
Opera is given so little attention in the national press. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "Most of the important composers in our country are clustered..."
Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast. Carlisle Floyd
Carlisle Floyd quote: "If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would..."
If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so. Carlisle Floyd
There is something inherent in our democracy that tends to want to level. America is a little uncomfortable in the presence of someone who is distinctly superior in whatever way. Carlisle Floyd

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