Hosting the 2001 Academy Awards
“The stag in limpid currents with surprise
Sees crystal branches on his forehead rise.”
Epistle: "To the Earl of Dorset" (1709), line 39.
Beaumont and Fletcher Philaster, Act III, sc. ii, line 144.
These lines are used almost unaltered ("holds" becoming "does hold") in Act III, sc. ii of Buckingham's The Restauration, an adaptation of Philaster. They appear with an attribution to Buckingham in many 19th century collections of quotations, e.g. Henry George Bohn A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets (1867) p. 63, and hence also on several quotation websites.
Misattributed
In 'The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun’s Energy', Century Illustrated Magazine (Jun 1900), 60, No. 2, 180.
“the magic is inside you. there ain't no crystal ball”
“Possible musical forms are as limitless as the exterior forms of crystals.”
Aspects of 20th Century Music (1975) by Gary Wittlich and Richard P. DeLone
Context: There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces. The form of the work is a consequence of this interaction. Possible musical forms are as limitless as the exterior forms of crystals.
Autobiographical Essay (2001)
