“Not the least of the hardships to which the dying are subject is the visitation of their loved ones. The poor darlings, God bless them, may feel every impulse to condole and console, but their primary sensation is nonetheless one of embarrassment in the presence of the unspeakable and a guilty gratitude that it is not yet their fate.” FeelsMayPoorFateSubjectsDyingGratitudeGuiltyPrimariesImpulseHardshipBlessSensationsLoved OnesDarlingEmbarrassmentGod BlessConsoleUnspeakableVisitation Book:East Side Story: A Novel Source: East Side Story: A Novel
“I see a flower. It gives me a sensation of the beautiful. I wish to paint it. And as soon as I wish to paint it I see the whole subject - flower - changed. It is now an art problem to resolve.” GivingArtWholeProblemBeautifulWishSubjectsChangedFlowerGive MePaintResolveSensations Author:Georges Vantongerloo
“How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a purely lyrical process. It is a musical confession of the soul, which unburdens itself through sounds just as a lyric poet expresses himself through poetry...As the poet Heine said, 'Where words leave off, music begins.'” WritingSaidSoulProcessSoundMusicSubjectsPoetMusic IsMusicalSensationsConfessionCompositionDefiniteLyricalIndefinable Author:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky