Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

Quote by Edgard Varese

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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...

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 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...

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.

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...

Music is organized sound.

Music is organized sound.

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.

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 not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals...

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which...

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich...

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...