But he and his brother refused to limit themselves to crystal for their lights.
"But the government insistently refused to limit it to that," he said.
Still, Baldwin refused to limit his hypothetical novel to a roster of disasters.
And now he refuses to limit his ambitions to the debut album he is recording.
Such offbeat choices can exasperate concert promoters, but Rousset refuses to limit himself to brand-name masters.
Still, it may - or may not; McQueen rightly refuses to limit the interpretation - touch upon homophobia in Venice.
At the age of 41, with a dozen CDs to his name, Mr. Anthony remains a child of all those influences, refusing to limit himself to just one.
Refusing to limit themselves to classical genres and established new-music circles, they have worked with composers and musicians from dozens of countries, from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
Possibly the most striking thing about this show is that it refuses to limit itself to either realism or vision, but goes back and forth between them.
It is a great vocal showcase and a marvel of incongruity - a commercial album that refuses to limit itself to any one market.
