Morton Feldman Quotes

The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because no one pattern ever takes precedence over the others.

Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians.

No one has the Houdini school of composition.

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures.

If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you’re lost.

I was once married to a woman who could eat anything and tell you what was in it: the most complicated recipes. Her memory of taste – now that’s what I call memory!