By the time I had complete my 22nd year, I was a new man - an atheist.

~ Béla Bartók

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It is odd that the Bible says, ‘God created man,’ whereas it is the other way round: man has created God. It is odd that the Bible says, ‘The body is mortal, the soul is immortal,’ whereas even here the contrary is true: the body (its matter) is eternal; the soul (the form of the body) is transitory.

~ Béla Bartók

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I cannot conceive of music that expresses absolutely nothing.

~ Béla Bartók

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