Music

When music technology takes the place of musicianship, it's time to pull the plug

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune

The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility

Music is the universal language of mankind

An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience

Where words fail, music speaks

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.

Give me books, fruit, French wine and fine weather and a little music out of doors, played by someone I do not know

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door