Famous Quotes

"When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music."

Denis Diderot on Music

More quotes about Music

• "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."

  Bob Marley on Music

• "If music be the food of love, play on."

  William Shakespeare on Music

• "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

  Plato on Music

• "Without music, life would be a mistake."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Music

• "I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."

  Ray Charles on Music

More quotes by Denis Diderot

• "When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music."

• "Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth."

• "When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years."

• "The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find."

• "There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."