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“Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master's humble taleIn sounds that may prevail;Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.”

May Different Sound Inspire Masters Harmony Notes Silent Humble Gentle Awake Exalted

Author:Abraham Cowley

“Before the invader sound was born, the Universe was silent and shall be again.”

Universe Sound Born Silent Invaders

Book:Kull: Exile of Atlantis

Source: Kull: Exile of Atlantis

“Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form.”

Thinking Knows Art Different Facts Film Form Sound Silent Dialogue Silent Films

Author:Peter Weir

“It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down.”

Believe Sometimes Sound Silent Response Ghost Noise Pace Echoes Tempted Up And Down Footsteps Spooky Shady Old Time

Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club. The old curiosity shop and other tales

Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club. The old curiosity shop and other tales

“I think we're entering a new period of filmmaking that's analogous to switching from black-and-white to color, or from silent to sound. The medium is completely flexible, and it's not bound by anything. If you imagine something, you can do it.”

Ifs Thinking Sound Black Can Do White Imagine Color Periods Silent Bounds Mediums Filmmaking Black And White Entering You Can Do It Flexible Switching

Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet

“The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased in number. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. Beyond these lifeless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives - all that was over.”

Source: H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Modern Utopia, A Short History of the World, What Is Coming, The Story of the Last Trump…

“In an endless silence even screams sound silent.”

Sound Silence Silent Endless Scream

Author:Dejan Stojanovic