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If the lecture is good, then everything is too smooth. That's the same in music: if the performance is too good, you really don't enjoy it, because it just goes by, and you can never penetrate into the heart of it. Sometimes a poor performance is better for enjoyment, because you can look at those things that were wrong and analyze them.
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"If the lecture is good, then everything is too smooth. That's the same in music: if the performance is too good, you really don't enjoy it, because it just goes by, and you can never penetrate into the heart of it. Sometimes a poor performance is better for enjoyment, because you can look at those things that were wrong and analyze them."
— Werner Heisenberg

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If the lecture is good, then everything is too smooth. That's the same in music: if the performance is too good, you really don't enjoy it, because it just goes by, and you can never penetrate into the heart of it. Sometimes a poor performance is better for enjoyment, because you can look at those things that were wrong and analyze them. — Werner Heisenberg

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Werner Heisenberg was a Physicist from German Empire (1901–1976).

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Who said "If the lecture is good, then everything is too smooth. That's the same in music…"?
This quote is attributed to Werner Heisenberg, a Physicist from German Empire.
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Werner Heisenberg lived from 1901 – 1976.