An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Quote by Edgard Varese

Topics: Art Quotes

I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped...

I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped...

Music is organized sound.

Music is organized sound.

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a...

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a...

Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can...

Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can...

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different...

There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different...

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a...

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a...

I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.

I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.

Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.