Quotes about Charles Ives

You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality,...

#Charles Ives

Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth.

#Charles Ives

There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart...

#Charles Ives

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole.

#Charles Ives

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in...

#Charles Ives

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of...

#Charles Ives

In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings...

#Charles Ives

If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might...

#Charles Ives

If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let...

#Charles Ives

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The...

#Charles Ives

Every great inspiration is but an experiment.

#Charles Ives

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it...

#Charles Ives