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> [“Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/many-contemporary-composers-have-been-building-walls-of-sounds/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

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## More by Toru Takemitsu

> [The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/the-art-music-of-the-west-has-developed-through-out-its-history-by/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [I am a gardener of infinite time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/i-am-a-gardener-of-infinite-time/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/i-probably-belong-to-a-type-of-composer-of-songs-who-keeps-thinking/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/music-should-be-able-to-invoke-the-natural-emotions-in-all-human/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/composition-gives-proper-meaning-to-the-natural-streams-of-sound-that/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [My teachers are Duke Ellington and nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/my-teachers-are-duke-ellington-and-nature/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [Music is a form of prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/music-is-a-form-of-prayer/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [“Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/many-contemporary-composers-have-been-building-walls-of-sounds/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/although-i-am-basically-self-taught-i-consider-debussy-my-teacher-the/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [“...by admitting a new perception of space and giving it an active sense, is it not possible to discover a new unexpected, unexplored world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/by-admitting-a-new-perception-of-space-and-giving-it-an-active-sense/)

[toru takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

> [I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toru-takemitsu/i-always-want-to-write-erotic-music-not-only-about-the-love-between/)

[Toru Takemitsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toru-takemitsu/)

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