Quotes about Literature and Music

The high arts of literature and music stand in a curious relationship to one another, at once securely comfortable and deeply uneasy - rather like a long-term marriage. Votes: 4

I first came to Russia because of the culture, literature and music... and my interest in the 19th-century revolutionary spirit of Herzen, Bakunin and Kropotkin. Russia is a wonderful place to bring new clowns because Russians give back a wonderful response. Votes: 3

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts. Votes: 2

Music enriches people's lives in the same way paintings and literature do. Everybody deserves that. Votes: 2

I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. Votes: 2

I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art. Votes: 2

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them. Votes: 2

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art. Votes: 2

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine. Votes: 2

The whole world recognizes Russia's cultural achievements. It is impossible to imagine the world culture without Russian culture, without our music and literature. Votes: 2

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich. Votes: 2

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature. Votes: 2

I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature. Votes: 2

I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon. Votes: 2

Encourage good music and art and literature in your homes. Homes that have a spirit of refinement and beauty will bless the lives of your children forever. Votes: 2

People whose understanding and taste in literature, painting, and music are beyond question are, for the most part, ignorant of what is good or bad art in the theater. Votes: 2

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science. Votes: 2

I had all the normal interests - I played basketball and I headed the school paper. But I also developed very early a great love for music and literature and the theater. Votes: 2

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language. Votes: 2

I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make. Votes: 2

I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture. Votes: 2

Literature is painting, architecture, and music. Votes: 0

I've always said that music is like literature. Votes: 0

More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible. Votes: 0

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. Votes: 0

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature. Votes: 0

There's always been anger in the making of music or literature or dance. Votes: 0

Pop changes week to week, month to month. But great music is like literature. Votes: 0

Istanbul is inspiring because it has its own code of architecture, literature, poetry, music. Votes: 0

Ultimately I have learned more about poetry, from music and magic than from literature. Votes: 0

All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart's blood. Art is your heart's blood. Votes: 0

Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music. Votes: 0

Anyone interested in design must be interested in other fields of expression - theater, ballet, photography, literature, music. Votes: 0

This profession [photography] is deserving of attention and respect equal to that accorded painting, literature, music and architecture. Votes: 0

I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature." Votes: 0

Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. Votes: 0

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years. Votes: 0

There have been so many instances in my life where movies, music, or literature has made my life tangibly better. Votes: 0

Creativity in any form stimulates creativity in every form, music, arts, literature... I find inspiration in anything. It's all the same. Votes: 0

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. Votes: 0

Being a systematic theologian allows me to indulge all my interests - in literature, film, art, music - by relating them all to God. Votes: 0

A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community. Votes: 0

Man needs music, literature, and painting - all those oases of perfection that make up art - to compensate for the rudeness and materialism of life. Votes: 0

I was reading everything under the sun from music history to feminist literature to Shakespeare, which is why I'm not a complete idiot at this time. Votes: 0

In the same way in which music is made of notes and a painting is made of lines of colors, the matter of literature are words. Votes: 0

When work resonates with a person, whether it is literature or film or music, then they want to know more about the artist. That's very natural. Votes: 0

I'm inspired by a lot of stuff. I always was interested in sculpture and painting and music and literature and all those things. There's no one thing. Votes: 0

Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should be, open to all. Votes: 0

Pain is essential. Often I cannot avoid it.Therefore all one can do is redeem it; and the only way to redeem it is through literature, art, poetry, music. Votes: 0

I don't how I can describe the quality that is only found in art (be it music, literature, painting, or whatever), this quality, it's just there, and it endures. Votes: 0

Of course, literature is the only spiritual and humane career. Even painting tends to dumness, and music turns people erotic, whereas the more you write the nicer you become. Votes: 0

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. Votes: 0

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. Votes: 0