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Jan Swafford

“What elevates one and not another to the level of genius is not only talent and ambition and luck, but a gift for turning everything to the purpose. ... Perhaps that is a common element in the story of genius: beyond talent and ambition and luck, in some degree you have to be forcibly booted out of everyday life and everyday goals. In any case, it was like that with Brahms. The fulfillment of love was denied him so that other things might take wing.”

Jan Swafford, Johannes Brahms: A Biography
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Johannes Brahms: A Biography Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Jan Swafford
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