"There is a great Man living in this country — a composer. He has solved the problem how to preserve one's self and to learn. He responds to negligence by contempt. He is not forced to accept praise or blame. His name is Ives."
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Arnold Schoenberg, Note of 1944, as quoted in the Charles Ives profile at Decca Classics.
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