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I don't really have contempt for the word. I have contempt when the word is used as the glue of something, ya know, which is happened in theatre and a lot in film. I really don't like it, that the word...that one has to sit and listen to words all the time when really, all the other faculties are not being used. That I really don't like. I mean, I think the word has its own beauty and also should have its own integrity, stand alone just as much as any of the other elements...

Meredith Monk

from Four American Composers (Peter Greenaway, 1983)

Note: In addition to being a modern composer, Monk is also a filmmaker.