David Tudor Quotes

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.
David Tudor

Yourself, Find, Put

Performing is very much like cooking: putting it all together, raising the temperature.
David Tudor

Together, Cooking, Performing

I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.
David Tudor

Music, Else, Somebody

I persist in performing.
David Tudor

Performing, Persist

I've always felt that there's a point where a piece seems to be alive, that is, living. And that's the point where I know the composition is finished.
David Tudor

Living, Alive, Point

I've never been able to arouse any interest in myself for digitally produced sound, and so the computer turns me off.
David Tudor

Able, Off, Interest

Loudspeakers should be made to be destroyed and... disposable.
David Tudor

Made, Destroyed, Disposable

Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner.
David Tudor

Work, Made, Able

The basic notion was the idea that the loudspeaker should have a voice which was unique and not just an instrument of reproduction, but an instrument unto itself.
David Tudor

Idea, Unique, Voice

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 20, 1926

Died: August 13, 1996

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