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Ear Quotes by Jean Cocteau
- The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.
- What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the artist's presence makes…
- Catastrophe, riots, factories blowing up, armies in flight, flood - the ear can detect a whole apocalypse in the starry night of the human body.
More Ear Quotes
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them… — Dave Barry
- Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch the simple… — John Adams
- I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink. — Mario Batali
- Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. — Thomas Beecham
- Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all the skin… — Robert Benchley
- Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed… — Mary J. Blige
- To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation. — Andrea Bocelli
- Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart. — William Jennings Bryan
- Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the… — Leo Buscaglia
- Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. — Samuel Butler
- When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed… — Maria Callas