"Music, from being an ordered succession of sounds, has become a matter of "sonorities", and anyone who can produce a brightly coloured brick of unusual shape is henceforth hailed as an architect."

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Source : "Music, Ho!". Book by Constant Lambert, Hogarth Press edition, "Toute réaction est vraie", p. 91, 1985.

Constant Lambert

#Sound Quotes #Shapes Quotes #Matter Quotes

“It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience to hear what other people hear.”
“Shh. Listen to the sounds that surround you. Notice the pitches, the volume, the timbre, the many lines of counterpoint. As light taught Monet to paint, the earth may be teaching you music.”

Source : "How Can I Keep from Singing: Pete Seeger". Book by David King Dunaway, 1981.
“It doesn't take a lot to make me happy. I take pleasure from everything I do.”
“A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.”
“I'm Jewish, so I don't know much about Easter eggs.”

Source : IGN Interview, www.ign.com. September 30, 2005.
“Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.”

Source : "Song: "Pablo Picasso"". 1997.
“If I retire doing the character, I don't think the character has to retire. There will still be caricatures of Elvira. You know, Dracula still works, and he's dead.”
“I received so many positive comments about the quotes that I decided to continue to use them in my novels.”

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