Tones Quotes

156 quotes by 138 authors

At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to… — Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones,… — Jennifer Worth
There are tones of voices that mean more than words. — Robert Frost
And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color. — Beatrice Wood
When a pastor continually makes light of the character of our Lord by speaking in scatological tones about the Son of Man's bodily functions in… — Steve Camp
The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones. — Gary Cherone
Without fake tan I have the skin tones of a dead jellyfish. — Jenny Eclair
To express a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of kindred tones... — Vincent Van Gogh
There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones. — Paul Cezanne
What I want is the world to remember the problems and the people I photograph. What I want is to create a discussion about what… — Sebastiao Salgado
I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. Perhaps I should do another musical. — Colin Firth
Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in… — David Tang
We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals - and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship. — Grover Norquist
There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue. Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and which… — Emil Nolde
The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart. — Richard Wagner
The music of all the different media of life-memories, images, feeling-tones, poetic-musical connotations of phrasing-is kaleidoscopic and doesn't repeat itself or recur. -People who think… — Kenny Smith
Nature is an aeolian harp, a musical instrument whose tones are the re-echo of higher strings within us. — Novalis
Many feel compelled to be connected around the clock because we are afraid we'll miss something important. There is a growing movement to step out… — Leatrice Eiseman
Man knows that there are in the soul tints more bewildering, more numberless, and more nameless that the colors of an autumn forest....Yet he seriously… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of… — Winston Churchill

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