Poetry And Music

I am delighted, one

I am delighted, one more time, by the daring of my species and the audacity of our flying machines. There is poetry and music in our technology, a beauty as touching as that of eagle, moss campion, raven or yonder limestone boulder shining under the Arctic sun. Edward Abbey

Why do comparisons of

Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object? Franz Grillparzer

Poetry is plucking at

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. Dennis Gabor

The loss of these

The loss of these tastes [for poetry and music] is a loss of happiness, and may possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character, by enfeebling the emotional part of our nature. Charles Darwin

If I had my

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week. Charles Darwin

I think music in

I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. Billy Joel

I think music in

I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music. Billy Joel

We are the music

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. Arthur O’Shaughnessy

Through and through the

Through and through the world is infested with quantity: To talk sense is to talk quantities. It is no use saying the nation is large. . . . How large? It is no use saying the radium is scarce. . . . How scarce? You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, … Read more

You cannot evade quantity.

You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves. Alfred North Whitehead