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A young composer once came to Mozart for advice on how to develop creatively.  “Begin writing simple things first,” Mozart told ; “songs, for example.”

            “But you composed symphonies when you were only a child,” the man exclaimed.

            “Ah,” Moazart answered, “but l didn’t go to anybody to find out how to become a composer.” - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob M. Braude, page 18