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    As the longfingered sun
    reaches out to touch
    a cloistered trillium
    or a lake trembles in
    the light of moon and stars
    so can a poet's long rainbow
    of words
    play our heartstrings from afar.

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After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Music Quotes,
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

by Victor Hugo Found in: Music Quotes,
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There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn read more

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

by Michel De Montaigne Found in: Music Quotes,
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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

by Victor Hugo Found in: Music Quotes,
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Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.

Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.

by Thomas Haynes Bayly Found in: Music Quotes,
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When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of read more

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

by Khalil Gibran Found in: Music Quotes,
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Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.

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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to read more

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

by George Eliot Found in: Music Quotes,
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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know read more

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him. - Waiting for God.

by Simone Weil Found in: Music Quotes,
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