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

Quote by Edgard Varese

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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.

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

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

Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is...

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

I have nothing to declare but my genius.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Genius is talent set on fire by courage

Genius is talent set on fire by courage

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always...

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always...