Let your mind alone, and see what happens. Virgil Thomson on alone
Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. Virgil Thomson on fear
I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good. Virgil Thomson on food
I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. Virgil Thomson on hope