Fugue Quotes

13 quotes by 13 authors

And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles of history. — James Hilton
One really ought to be afraid of self-torture. But it tempted me. It begged. The dark place that my mind was fast becoming blends, in… — Marya Hornbacher
In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and… — Edna O'Brien
A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed. Any prelude or fugue of Bach can be played at any tempo,… — Dmitri Shostakovich
The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Besicovitch style is architectural. He builds out of simply elements a delicate and complicated architectural structure, usually with a hierarchical plan, and then, when… — Freeman Dyson
What I so like about Poussin and Cezanne is their sense of organization. Ilike the way in which they develop space and shape in architecturalcontinuity… — Ian Hornak
It is folly alone that stays the fugue of Youth and beats off touring Old Age. — Desiderius Erasmus
The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life. — Helen Hayes
There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I… — Edward Weston
It's like a fugue of evaded responsibility. — David Foster Wallace
I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history of art, of… — Karen DeCrow
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. — Michael Tippett

Who Wrote These Fugue Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 13 Fugue Quotes as follows: