# Creators Survive by Becoming Their Work by Robert Ford
> “Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin never died. They simply became music.”
> **— Robert Ford**, *Westworld, Season 1, Episode 10, “The Bicameral Mind” (2016)*
## Sources and Context
- **Complete episode transcript:** [“The Bicameral Mind” transcript](https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?episode=s01e10&tv-show=westworld-2016) — wording, speaker, episode, and scene boundary checked against the full broadcast-dialogue transcript.
- **Published teleplay:** [“The Bicameral Mind” teleplay](https://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Westworld-1x10-The-Bicameral%20-Mind.pdf) — used as an additional wording and scene-order check.
- **Official series context:** [Westworld | Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom](https://press.wbd.com/us/property/westworld) — official series and production context.
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- [[wiki/Robert Ford|Robert Ford]]
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