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> [Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/great-music-is-in-a-sense-serene-it-is-certain-of-the-values-it/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

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> [“Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. But it is also in terror, because those values are threatened, and it is not certain whether they will triumph in this world, and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/great-music-is-in-a-sense-serene-it-is-certain-of-the-values-it-2/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

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## Other authors on Great music

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## More by Rebecca West

> [I see the main problem of my life, and indeed anybody's life, as the balancing of competitive freedoms ... a sense of mutual obligations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/i-see-the-main-problem-of-my-life-and-indeed-anybody-s-life-as-the/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [“There is, of course, no reason for the existence of the male sex except that sometimes one needs help with moving the piano.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/there-is-of-course-no-reason-for-the-existence-of-the-male-sex-except/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [“At the top of a hill our automobile stuck in a snowdrift. Peasants ran out of a cottage near by, shouting with laughter because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/at-the-top-of-a-hill-our-automobile-stuck-in-a-snowdrift-peasants-ran/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/we-all-drew-on-the-comfort-which-is-given-out-by-the-major-works-of/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [Christianity must be regarded not as a final revelation but as a phase of revelation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/christianity-must-be-regarded-not-as-a-final-revelation-but-as-a/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [Art and propaganda have this much connection, that if a propaganda makes art impossible, it is clearly damned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/art-and-propaganda-have-this-much-connection-that-if-a-propaganda/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/the-american-struggle-for-the-vote-was-much-more-difficult-than-the/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [ Like all bad drivers, he \[Henry Andrews\] thought he was the best driver in the world... ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/like-all-bad-drivers-he-henry-andrews-thought-he-was-the-best-driver/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [The childhood of the individual and the race is full of fears, and panic-stricken attempts to avert what is feared by placating the gods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/the-childhood-of-the-individual-and-the-race-is-full-of-fears-and/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/humanity-is-never-more-sphinxlike-than-when-it-is-expressing-itself/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [ \[On Jane Austen:\] To believe her limited in range because she was harmonious in method is as sensible as to imagine that when the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/on-jane-austen-to-believe-her-limited-in-range-because-she-was/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [a good oyster cannot please the palate as acutely as a bad one can revolt it, and a good oyster cannot make him who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/a-good-oyster-cannot-please-the-palate-as-acutely-as-a-bad-one-can/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/if-there-is-a-god-i-don-t-think-he-would-demand-that-anyone-bow-down/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/any-authentic-work-of-art-must-start-an-argument-between-the-artist/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

> [... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/there-has-never-been-a-period-in-history-when-there-have-been/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

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