Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. Great short quote and quotation by: Igor Stravinsky , Russian composer in US (1882 – 1971)
Use what talents you have; the woods would have little music if no birds sang their song except those who sang best. Great short quote and quotation by: Reverend Oliver G. Wilson ,
Van Gogh became a painter because he had no ear for music. Great short quote and quotation by: Nikki Harris ,
We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is about as close to a “common goal” of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music. Great short quote and quotation by: […]
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We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself. In the cradle it in moving its little arms and legs in a certain rhythm. And when […]
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Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human […]
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What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)
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When griping grief the heart doth wound, and doleful dumps the mind opresses, then music, with her silver sound, with speedy help doth lend redress. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)
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When words fail, music speaks. Great short quote and quotation by: Hans Christian Anderson ,
When words leave off, music begins. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Carlyle , Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 – 1881)
Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong. Great short quote and quotation by: Mrs. Stowe ,
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Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry […]
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