“Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.” TodayMusic IsStructure Author:Sun Ra
“Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium is syntax, grammar and logical continuity, which together form the carrier-wave of plain sense within which its deeper meanings are broadcast.” ArtTogetherFormPoetryCasesEffectsMusic IsStructureWaveProductionsDeeperMediumsRelyLogicalGrammarContinuityCarrierRely UponSyntaxDeeper Meaning Author:Don Paterson
“Music is 'significant form,' and its significance is that of a symbol, a highly articulated, sensuous object, which by virtue of its dynamic structure can express the forms of vital experience which language is peculiarly unfit to convey. Feeling, life, motion and emotion constitute its import.” FeelingsFormLanguageEmotionMusicVirtueObjectsMusic IsStructureSignificantSymbolsSignificanceImportsSensuous Author:Susanne Katherina Langer
“I've been making films with almost no dialogue (laughs), so sound and music become a very powerful character to tell the story. It's almost like with sound and music and images, it's your tool to tell the story, especially when I decide to structure the film in a way that usually goes against the conventions of the three-act structure which most films are made out of.” WayMadeCharacterStoriesFilmThreeSoundPowerfulLaughingMusic IsToolsStructureDialogueConventionsVery PowerfulSound And Music Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another.” IfsMadeCharacterColorProjectsMusic IsStructureRhythmOperaStrokesBrushesSculptureBrush Strokes Author:Alex Abreu
“What was evident was that Mozart was simply transcribing music completely finished in his head. And finished as most music is never finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and structure would fall. I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes at Absolute Beauty.” Would BeFallMusic IsAbsolutesStructureNotesFinishedStaringPhrasesStrokesEvidentCagesInkMeticulousTranscribing Author:Peter Shaffer
“If the music is good, and if it makes sense as a strong structure and as a drama, and things happen as a result of what happened before, not just as a string of unrelated events, then the question doesn't come up.” IfsHappensStrongResultsHappenedEventsDramaMusic IsStructureCome UpThings HappenMake SenseStrings Author:Missy Mazzoli
“Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think of the music that I listen to constantly, it's never like an assault.” ThinkingSeemsSongMissingMusic IsStructureAssaultOvercompensating Author:Babatunde Adebimpe