The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.
Arthur SchopenhauerGerman philosopher
Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.
Claude DebussyFrench composer
We must play from the soul, not like trained birds.
C.P.E. BachGerman composer
Without music, life would be a mistake.
F. NietzscheGerman philosopher
Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent
Víctor HugoFrench writer
A rainbow after another, the music is so.
Pau CasalsCatalan composer
I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
Albert EinsteinGerman physicist
The duty of the artist is to send light into the darkness of men’s hearts.
R. SchumannGerman composer
The only love affair I have ever had was with music.