“Why don't people see what is new in my work, how in them, as is found only in Beethoven, the human being visibly plays a part in the work.”

— Richard Strauss

19th June 1949, in Willi Schuh, Strauss the early years, 1982, Cambridge University Press, page xiii.
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German composer and orchestra director 1864–1949

Bruce Nauman (1941) American artist

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“If the question [about if there were only one composer in the world I could play] is purely ‘original’ works, no transcriptions, then Beethoven.”

Valentina Lisitsa (1973) Ukrainian-American classical pianist

pianistmagazine.com https://www.pianistmagazine.com/News-and-Features/161/Exclusive_interview_with_pianist_Valentina_Lisitsa/.

“How pleasant it is to respect people! When I see books, I am not concerned with how the authors loved or played cards; I see only their marvelous works.”

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician

Какое наслаждение уважать людей! Когда я вижу книги, мне нет дела до того, как авторы любили, играли в карты, я вижу только их изумительные дела.
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)

“All scientists must communicate their work, for what is the point of learning new things about how the world works if you don't tell anyone about them?”

Jim Al-Khalili (1962) British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster

We can't hide in our labs and leave the talking to Dawkins http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/25/comment-science-secularism-society-dawkins, The Guardian, Tuesday 25 November 2008.