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“There is not one thing that music does which does not say something about how a person should organize himself, too.”

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Eli Siegel was an American poet, born on August 16, 1902, and died on November 8, 1978. His poetry is known for its profound philosophical thoughts and unique artistic style. more

“...we may be able to prove conclusively that all men are born with potentially brilliant intellects...and that the source of cultural creativity is the consciousness that springs from social cooperation and loving interaction...the majority of us live far below our potential, because of the oppressive nature of most societies.”

Men May Able Social Born Consciousness Music Creativity Source Prove Spring Majority Intellect Brilliant Cooperation Interaction

Author:John Blacking

“We must ask why apparently general musical abilities should be restricted to a chosen few in societies supposed to be culturally more advanced. Does cultural development represent a real advance in human sensitivity, or is it chiefly a diversion for elites and a weapon of class exploitation?”

Should Humans Doe Real Asks Ability Music Class Development Weapons Musical Chosen Supposed To Be Elites Exploitation Sensitivity Diversion Musical Ability

Book:How Musical is Man?

Source: How Musical is Man?

“...I have great hopes for the possibility of a dynamic universalism that respects all our people.”

People Music Possibility Great Hope Universalism

Author:Anthony Braxton

“The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.”

Want Humor Funny Music Demand Composer New Music

Author:Arthur Honegger

“Thus, if a composer wants to produce music that is relevant to his contemporaries, his chief problem is not really musical, though it may seem to him to be so; it is a problem of attitude to contemporary society and culture in relation to the basic human problem of learning to be human.”

Ifs Want Humans May Problem Seems Culture Attitude Music Produce Relation Musical Contemporary Chiefs Relevant Composer Human Problems Contemporary Society Society And Culture

Book:How Musical is Man?

Source: How Musical is Man?

“We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours. It is another school....We are not familiar with their didactic works. Perhaps they don't have any.”

Seems School Animal Music Practice Doubt Musical Familiar Evident Didactic

Author:Erik Satie

“Sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moans of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees.”

Sound Voice Music Sweet Bees Lawns Dove Hurrying Murmuring

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Sugar is not so sweet to the palate as sound to the healthy ear.”

Sound Music Sweet Healthy Ears Sugar Palate

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

“...the moment of passage from disturbance into harmony is that of intensest life.”

Moments Music Harmony Passages Disturbance

Book:Art as Experience

Source: Art as Experience

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