#mph

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a potential for artistic expression far greater than anyone would ever have dreamed possible until today. It is this very spirit of the struggle and determination to triumph that inspires creative expression. ↗

— Richard MacDonald

#art #artistic #artistic expression #china #creative

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies. ↗

— Patrick Macnee

#acted #actor #because #best #bogart

If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#i #i am #symphonies #way #weren

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. ↗

— James Madison

#been #chequered #error #gained #humanity

A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#everything #like #must #symphony #world

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#adverse #adverse conditions #against #aggression #conditions

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis? ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

#king #passing #ride #through #triumph

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#his #mention #mozart #music #opera

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#even #instruments #late #more #most

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it. ↗

— Ralph Marston

#chance #difficult #get #now #pick