Indeterminacy 62

Schoenberg always complained that
his American pupils didn’t do
enough work.

There was one girl in
the class in particular who,
it is true,
did almost
no work at all.
He asked her
one day why she
didn’t accomplish more.
She said,
“I don’t have
any time.” He said,
“How many
hours are there in the
day?” She said,
“Twenty-four.”
He said,
“Nonsense:
there are as many
hours in a day
as you put into it.”