“So give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny and the railroad, Cunard's liners and the electric telegraph, are to me, if not to you, signs that we are, on some points at least, in harmony with the universe; that there is a mighty spirit working among us, who cannot be your anarchic and destroying Devil, and therefore may be the Ordering and Creating God.” IfsGivingMayPoliticalSpiritUniverseCreatingDevilMiracleGive MeHarmonySaintDestroyingEngineersElectricVirginsEconomistSpinningRailroadsReformersRelicsTelegraphJennySanitary Book:The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast Source: The Works of Charles Kingsley: Yeast
“When people listen to my music, I hope that they will notice that if you take a piece by a composer like Schubert, the major and the minor triad is an extermely important thing not merely as harmony, but in creating melodic lines. Schubert is always walking up and down with arpeggios on C, E, G and so forth. I am not doing anything different really, except using a different system of harmony.” PeopleIfsImportantDifferentLinesPiecesWalkingCreatingMajorsHarmonyImportant ThingsComposerMinorsUp And DownSchubertTriads Author:Elliott Carter
“A certain degree of physical harmony and comfort is necessary, but above a certain level it becomes a hindrance instead of a help. Therefore the ideal of creating an unlimited number of wants and satisfying them seems to be a delusion and a snare.” WantHelpingSeemsCertainLevelsNumbersComfortDegreesCreatingIdealsHarmonyDelusionSatisfyingUnlimitedHindranceSnares Book:All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections