Where these words come from
- 55% sureLots of sources credit Walt Disney with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Widely attributed via The New York Times (2001); no primary interview or speech date located.
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John KeatsThe more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.
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John KeatsThe more the marble wastes, the more the statue grows.MichelangeloMelody is the essence of music.Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMusic must never offend the ear, even in most horrendous situations, but must always be pleasing.Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMelody and harmony should be simply tools in the hands of the artist, with which he creates music.Giuseppe VerdiFiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.Robert Louis Stevenson