“Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.” Quote by Armando Iannucci
“The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.” EyeListeningEarsTemptationInstructionOrgans Author:Aristotle
“But the ear, let us not forget, starts operating on the forty-fifth day of the pregnancy of a woman. Seven and a half months advance over the eye...(but) what do we do in our society, in our civilisation, to continue this process?” EyeProcessForgetHalfListeningMonthsEarsSevenOur SocietyFortyPregnancyFifthCivilisation Author:Daniel Barenboim
“Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.” PersonsYoungIndividualFieldsListeningEarsTricks Author:Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
“Thus, for those who are willing to go out into the field, to look and to listen, changing demographics is both a highly productive and a highly dependable innovation opportunity.” LooksOpportunityFieldsWillingListeningInnovationProductiveDemographicsDependable Book:Innovation and Entrepreneurship Source: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
“I know when I have a problem and have done all I can to figure it, I keep listening in a sort of inside silence 'til something clicks and I feel a right answer.” KnowsFeelsI CanDoneProblemAnswersSilenceFiguresListeningSubconsciousClicksRight Answers Author:Conrad Hilton
“Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.” PleasureMusic IsMusicalVicesSensualSensual Pleasure Author:Samuel Johnson
“You can play Bach on the piano, a symphony orchestra or a quartet of saxophones, but let's stop this silly, childish business of knit your own musicology” PlayMusicalSillyPianoOrchestraSymphonySaxophoneQuartetsSymphony Orchestras Author:Paul McCreesh
“For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.” IfsCreationPeriodsMusicalExceptionCostumes Author:Ernest Newman
“I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach into outer space on the Voyager spacecraft. But that would be boasting.” Would BeSpaceMusicalBoastOuter SpaceSpacecraft Author:Lewis Thomas
“If you remove tone from music, you have something, but what? I find it difficult to call it music.” IfsDifficultMusicalToneRemove Author:Tamas Vasary