“Of all the arts, music is really the most abstract.” ArtMusic IsAbstractArt Music Author:Leo Ornstein
“Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.” MindArtRealHandsArtistUniverseSoundMusicMusic IsGuidesRhythmAbstract Author:Robert Genn
“I think there are a lot of similarities between writing and music. Music is much more direct and much more emotional and that's the level I want to be at when I'm writing. Writing is much more intellectual and indirect and abstract, in a way.” ThinkingWayWantWritingLevelsEmotionalMusic IsIntellectualDirectAbstractSimilarityIndirect Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“Music is at once the most wonderful, the most alive of all the arts- it is the most abstract, the most perfect, the most pure- and the most sensual. I listen with my body and it is my body that aches in response to the passion and pathos embodied in this music.” ArtBodyPassionPerfectAliveWonderfulPureMusic IsResponseSensualAbstractAchePathos Book:Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 Source: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
“The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.” IfsWritingFeelingsSongEnjoyInterestingMusic IsAbstractThoughts And Feelings Author:Paul Simon
“Music is the most abstract of the arts and also the most physical....music is under two signs, the stars and the wine” ArtTwoStarsMusic IsWineAbstract Author:Edgard Varese
“I'm not religious in any way but I am very spiritual. Music is holy to me. It's like my religion. It's sacred. It feels unearthly; it makes me feel a way that talking to somebody doesn't make me feel, it's something you can't even wrap your head around. It's not abstract, you can't even grasp it - that's what music is to me.” SpiritualReligiousHolyMusic IsAbstract Author:BANKS