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Charles Ives Quotes

My God! What has sound got to do with music? Picture Quote #1

The future of music may not lie entirely in music itself, but rather in the way it encourages and extends, rather than limits the aspirations and ideals of the people, in the way it makes itself a part with the finer things that humanity does and dreams of Picture Quote #1

A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day’s unity Picture Quote #1

For the man of talent affects to call his transgressions of the laws of sense trivial and to count them nothing considerd with his devotion to his art Picture Quote #1

The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized Picture Quote #1

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife Picture Quote #1

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If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances Picture Quote #1

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense Picture Quote #1

Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity Picture Quote #1

Stand up and take your dissonance like a man Picture Quote #1

Every great inspiration is but an experiment Picture Quote #1

I don’t write music for sissy ears Picture Quote #1

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Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth Picture Quote #1

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole Picture Quote #1

Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many sounds that we are used to do not bother us, and for that reason we are inclined to call them beautiful. Frequently, when a new or unfamiliar work is accepted as beautiful on its first hearing, its fundamental quality is one that tends to put the mind to sleep Picture Quote #1

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone’s Picture Quote #1

Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair? Picture Quote #1

A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day’s unity Picture Quote #1

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It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes Picture Quote #1

A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? Picture Quote #1

You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance Picture Quote #1

There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life Picture Quote #1

It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience Picture Quote #1

If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the horse may carry him into heaven Picture Quote #1

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My God! What has sound got to do with music? (Charles Ives Quotes) The future of music may not lie entirely in music itself, but rather in the way it encourages and extends, rather than limits the aspirations and ideals of the people, in the way it makes itself a part with the finer things that humanity does and dreams of. (Charles Ives Quotes) A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day’s unity. (Charles Ives Quotes) For the man of talent affects to call his transgressions of the laws of sense trivial and to count them nothing considerd with his devotion to his art. (Charles Ives Quotes) The possibilities of percussion sounds, I believe, have never been fully realized (Charles Ives Quotes) One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife (Charles Ives Quotes) If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances (Charles Ives Quotes) But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense (Charles Ives Quotes) Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity (Charles Ives Quotes) Stand up and take your dissonance like a man (Charles Ives Quotes) Every great inspiration is but an experiment (Charles Ives Quotes) I don’t write music for sissy ears (Charles Ives Quotes) Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth (Charles Ives Quotes) The fabric of existence weaves itself whole (Charles Ives Quotes) Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many sounds that we are used to do not bother us, and for that reason we are inclined to call them beautiful. Frequently, when a new or unfamiliar work is accepted as beautiful on its first hearing, its fundamental quality is one that tends to put the mind to sleep (Charles Ives Quotes) Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone’s (Charles Ives Quotes) Is not beauty in music too often confused with something which lets the ears lie back in an easy chair? (Charles Ives Quotes) A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day’s unity (Charles Ives Quotes) It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes (Charles Ives Quotes) A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it? (Charles Ives Quotes) You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance (Charles Ives Quotes) There can be nothing exclusive about substantial art. It comes directly out of the heart of the experience of life and thinking about life and living life (Charles Ives Quotes) It is conceivable that what is unified form to the author or composer may of necessity be formless to his audience (Charles Ives Quotes) If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the horse may carry him into heaven (Charles Ives Quotes)