It must be worth the effort

Martinu on creating beautiful music: “It must be beautiful, or it wouldn’t be worth the effort.”

Cited in: Calum MacDonald, “Bohuslav Martinu: Cosmopolitan Dreamer”, BBC Music, August 2009, p.45.

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