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. . . By using carefully
thought out and complex ways,
you produce by thirty a handful of unforgettable works. But by then you
are the prisoner of your method, which is stiff. You cannot handle it with
freedom; so you write less and less; at forty you are sterile. This is
the trap of all style-bound artists. For without freedom no one is a
master. . . .
Virgil Thomson
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