Edgard Varese famous quotes

04-17-2025

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
-- Edgard Varese

#Artist #People #Belief
There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces.
-- Edgard Varese

#Ideas #Sound #Groups
I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.
-- Edgard Varese

#Writing #Men #Adequate
I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
-- Edgard Varese

#Dream #Sound #World
Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.
-- Edgard Varese

#Musical #Alphabet #Poor
Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.
-- Edgard Varese

#Mean #Science #Expression
I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.
-- Edgard Varese

#Hair #Natural #Composer
Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical. Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor. Why, Italian Futurists, have you slavishly reproduced only what is commonplace and boring in the bustle of our daily lives. I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
-- Edgard Varese

#Music #Dream #Mean
I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
-- Edgard Varese

#Important #Use #Want
Music is organized sound.
-- Edgard Varese

#Sound #Music Is #Organized
I do not write experimental music. My experimenting is done before I make the music. Afterwards it is the listener who must experiment.
-- Edgard Varese

#Music #Writing #Done
The present day composer refuses to die.
-- Edgard Varese

#Composer #Refuse
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
-- Edgard Varese

#Inspirational #People #Genius

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