“Music expresses feeling, that is to say, gives shape and habitation to feeling, not in space but in time. To the extent that music has a history that is more than a history of its formal evolution, our feelings must have a history too. Perhaps certain qualities of feeling that found expression in music can be recorded by being notated on paper, have become so remote that we can no longer inhabit them as feelings, can get a grasp of them only after long training in the history and philosophy of music, the philosophical history of music, the history of music as a history of the feeling soul.”
Quote by J. M. Coetzee
Author
J. M. Coetzee
J.M. Coetzee is a South African-born Australian novelist known for his profound psychological insights and critical exploration of South Africa's apartheid history. His works have won numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature. more
You May Also Like
Source: The Time Machine (Sparklesoup Classics)
Source: The Sound of the Mountain
“The helpful thought for which you look Is written somewhere in a book.”
“The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.”
Source: The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition