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What does it mean?
Einstein felt Mozart's music seemed preexisting and pure.
In plain terms
Mozart's music sounds like it was always there waiting to be found.
What can you take from it?
Great art feels timeless and discovered.

Where it applies

  • listening
  • philosophy
  • creation

Putting it to work

  • seek timeless works
  • create with purity

Questions to consider

  • Does great art feel discovered?
  • Is beauty universal or made?

Another view

All art is ultimately human-made, not universal.

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