Ned Rorem Quotes

"Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of an act never experienced."
- Ned Rorem
(Related: Inspiration, Act, Memory)

"Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin."
- Ned Rorem
(Related: Humor, Ability)

"Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence."
- Ned Rorem
(Related: Artist, Day)

"Art means to dare - and to have been right."
- Ned Rorem
(Related: Art, Right)

"Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist."
- Ned Rorem
(Related: Artist, Being, Childhood, Perceptions)