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From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of tone comes the divergence of thought. read more
From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of tone comes the divergence of thought. From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know read more
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him. - Waiting for God.
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of read more
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.
Rugged the breast that music cannot tame.
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies read more
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.
Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: read more
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony.
