Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

Quote by Edgard Varese

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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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'

Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you...

If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you...

The history of art is the history of revivals.

The history of art is the history of revivals.

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the...

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.