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One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the scale.

Simone Weil
Life, Happiness, Play
Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.124, Psychology Press
One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the scale.