Magnum Opus Quotes Quotes

“Symphonies begin with one note; fires with one flame; gardens with one flower; and masterpieces with one stroke.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Write the masterpiece that has not been written.
Sing the masterpiece that has not been sung.
Paint the masterpiece that has not been painted.
Create the masterpiece that has not been created.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Renounce poor work.
Shun trivial work.
Entertain respectable work.
Welcome superior work.
Honor transcendent work.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Make your mark now.
Make your mark today.
Make your mark forever.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Eternity is an artist; time is its masterpiece.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Needless to say, the song ["Hallelujah"] was now a climax in every show [of the 2009 Leonard Cohen tour], received like holy scripture. It belonged in a category with seeing Bob Dylan sing "Like a Rolling Stone" or watching Bruce Springsteen perform "Born to Run"—it was an event that people simply wanted to witness, to say they had seen. It took on a power that had to do with the song's history first, its feeling second, and its details hardly at all. Every performance carried with it a sense of where this song had been, who had sung it,where and how every listener had first encountered it; it had reached a place where it was something to be experienced, rather than listened to.”
― Alan Light, The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"