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title: "3 Sonata Form Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Sonata Form quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Sonata Form sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The soul, they say, is divine and the flesh is iniquity. But I am a musician and I ask this - without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-valentine/the-soul-they-say-is-divine-and-the-flesh-is-iniquity-but-i-am-a/)

[Kathleen Valentine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-valentine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/kathleen-valentine-110019_love-story_the-soul-they-say-is-divine-and-the-fles_97655.jpg)

> [I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-prokofiev/i-want-nothing-better-more-flexible-or-more-complete-than-the-sonata/)

[Sergei Prokofiev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-prokofiev/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/sergei-prokofiev-33620_flexibility_i-want-nothing-better-more-flexible-or-m_1889790.jpg)

> [Abolishing the book is like abolishing the symphony, or sonata form, or the sonnet, or the wall painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gelernter/abolishing-the-book-is-like-abolishing-the-symphony-or-sonata-form-or/)

[David Gelernter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gelernter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/david-gelernter-18312_book_abolishing-the-book-is-like-abolishing-t_2985041.png)

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