japanese artist hokusai
"All that I have produced before the age of 70," he
wrote at 75, "is not worth taking into account. At 73, I learned a little about
the real structure of nature, of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes and
insects. In consequence, when I am 80, I shall have made still more progress. At
90, I shall penetrate the mystery of things; at 100, I shall certainly have
reached a marvelous stage; and when I am 110, everything I do, be it a dot or a
line, will be alive."
Beethoven concerto No. 5 e-flat major opus 73 emperor Adagio un poco moto