Behzad Hooshmand

“This will be our reply to violence:
to make music more intensely,
more beautifully,
more devotedly than ever before.”
― Leonard Bernstein

“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.”
― Soren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, Part I

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus