Our spirit of life is not identical with that of our ancestors, and therefore their music, even if restored with utter technical perfections, can never have to us precisely the same meaning it had for them. We cannot tear down… — Paul Hindemith Copy Share Image
Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure… — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
Music, as long as it exists, will always take its departure from the major triad and return to it. The musician cannot escape it… — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts. — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
Our spirit of life is not identical with that of our ancestors, and therefore their music, even if restored with utter technical perfections, can… — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
“This music, transmitted by loud-speakers, made a masterpiece appear like an amateurish attempt at composition by nimcompoop” — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience. — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
The reactions music evokes are not feelings, but they are the images, memories of feelings. — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
“The discrepancy between the vacationists’ good times and Isolde’s unfortunate experience is more than disgusting” — Paul Hindemith Copy Share
