“Symphony is the ability to see the big picture, connect the dots, combine disparate things into something new. Visual artists in particular are good at seeing how the pieces come together. I experienced this myself by trying to learn to draw.” TryingBigsTogetherArtistAbilityPiecesSeeingParticularDrawsVisualsSomething NewSymphonyDotsBig PictureVisual ArtAbility To SeeVisual Artist Author:Daniel H. Pink
“I don't think that either self-deprecation or self-aggrandizement is among the defining qualities of an artist... Beethoven could have been forgiven if his symphonies had gone to his head. Gretchaninoff could also be forgiven if his Dobrinya Nikititch went to his head. But neither one could be forgiven for writing a piece that was amoral, servile, the work of a flunky.” IfsThinkingWritingHas BeensSelfArtistQualityGonePiecesForgivenCould Have BeenDefiningSymphonySelf Deprecation Author:Dmitri Shostakovich
“Like music or art, mathematical equations can have a natural progression and logic that can evoke rare passions in a scientist. Although the lay public considers mathematical equations to be rather opaque, to a scientist an equation is very much like a movement in a larger symphony. Simplicity. Elegance. These are the qualities that have inspired some of the greatest artists to create their masterpieces, and they are precisely the same qualities that motivate scientists to search for the laws of nature. LIke a work of art or a haunting poem, equations have a beauty and rhythm all their own.” ArtLawArtistPassionNaturalQualityMovementLogicScientistLaysInspiredSimplicityRhythmMathematicalWorks Of ArtMasterpieceEquationsEleganceHauntingLaws Of NatureSymphonyProgressionEvokeOpaqueMathematical Equations Book:Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension Source: Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
“every artist is both male and female, and ... sometimes, the two great elements are in conjunction with him, so that all by himself he suddenly gets the melody and the burst of feeling of a great symphony without any external stimuli.” TwoSometimesFeelingsArtistElementsFemaleMalesMelodySymphonyStimulusConjunctions Author:Ruth St. Denis