“Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect.” DoeMusicGreaterEffectsAccustomedNovelty Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The harmony of a concert, to which you listen with delight, must have on certain classes of minute animals the effect of terrible thunder; perhaps it kills them.” CertainAnimalMusicClassMinutesEffectsTerribleHarmonyDelightConcertsThunder Book:A Philosophical Dictionary Source: A Philosophical Dictionary
“Music has no effect on research work, but both are born of the same source and complement each other through the satisfaction they bestow” BornMusicEffectsSourceResearchSatisfactionComplement Author:Albert Einstein
“The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.” MusicEffectsMusicalStrikesContraryFamiliarWriting MusicMusical LifeMusic Writing Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.” ArtSpeakPowerfulMusicEffectsMusic IsShadowEssence Book:The World as Will and Representation Source: The World as Will and Representation