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“Music is the vapor of art. It is to poetry what reverie is to thought, what fluid is to solid, what the ocean of clouds is to the ocean of waves.”

Art Music Ocean Music Is Clouds Wave Fluid Reverie Vapor

Author:Victor Hugo

“Music waves eternal wands,-- Enchantress of the souls of mortals!”

Soul Music Eternal Wave Mortals Wands Enchantress

Book:The Blameless Prince: And Other Poems

Source: The Blameless Prince: And Other Poems

“And wheresoever, in his rich creation, Sweet music breathes--in wave, or bird, or soul-- 'Tis but the faint and far reverberation Of that great tune to which the planets roll!”

Soul Music Rich Creation Planets Sweet Bird Wave Breathe Tunes Reverberation Sweet Music

Author:Frances Sargent Osgood

“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”

Ifs Life Inspirational Art Would Be Spiritual Science Artist Music Creativity Pressure Musical Wave Symphony Variation

Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

“Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and barrel on out into the cosmic heartland, while others bounce around, eventually being absorbed into the vibratory fields of earthly barriers, but in neither case does the energy succumb; it goes on forever - which is why we, each of us, should take pains to make sweet notes.”

Should Humans Long Doe Pain Energy Sound Space Music Cases Forever Cutting Fields Sweet Goes On Ears Notes Wave Patterns Barriers Cosmic Barrels Bounce

Book:Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn't sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing, he played well, he was a person that made waves. When you heard Jimi Hendrix you knew it was Jimi Hendrix, he introduced himself in his instrument... You know, many radio stations play records and a lot of the times they don't call out the names who you just listened to, but when they play Jimi Hendrix, you don't have to tell me, [you know] it's Jimi Hendrix.”

Knows Way Wells Persons Made Play Names Sound Music Records Heard Instruments Wave Radio Stations Charlie Just Listen Hendrix Radio Stations

Author:B. B. King