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It has happened more than once that a composition has come to me, ready-made as it were, between the demands of other work. (Amy Beach)
Unexpected happenings are encouraged through a serendipitous, intuitive openness to possibilities. Although these efforts do not guarantee achieving the goal of each picture, fresh, exciting results are instigated whenever stepping off known paths. (Bonnie R. Beaver)
(Interviewer): 'Master, how did you think of the divine motif of your Ninth Symphony?'
(Bruckner): 'I sat down by a little brook, unpacked my Swiss cheese, and that darn tune popped into my head!' (Anton Bruckner)
The song was there before me, before I came along. I just sorta came down and just sorta took it down with a pencil, but it was there before I came around. (Bob Dylan)
There is an art to wandering. If I have a destination, a plan – an objective – I've lost the ability to find serendipity. I am on a quest, not a ramble. I search for the Holy Grail of particularity and miss the chalice freely offered, filled and overflowing. (Cathy Johnson)
Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity... I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance. (Sally Mann)
Serendipity is God's way of remaining anonymous. (Author unknown)
All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. (Grant Wood)
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