--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Sound is often talked about in a very…" description: "\"Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that beca..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/daniel-barenboim-11600_believe_sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-su_2333486.jpg" --- # Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as… ![“Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective.” quote by Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/daniel-barenboim-11600_believe_sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-su_2333486.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/daniel-barenboim-11600_believe_sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-su_2333486.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/daniel-barenboim-11600_believe_sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-su_2333486.jpg) > “Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective.” [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Describing sound with colors is overly subjective; sound should be discussed objectively. **In simple terms:** Color metaphors for sound are too subjective. Key Takeaway Use precise terms for sound description. Themes sound perception language objectivity Mood analytical thoughtful Type educational technical When to use this quote - teaching music - audio engineering - critical listening Key Concepts aesthetics communication Questions to Reflect On - How can you convey sound qualities without colors? - What objective terms help? A Different Perspective Subjective descriptions can aid creativity. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Colour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colour/) [Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/) [Dark Sound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-sound-4954490/) [Don't believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/don-t-believe/) [Sound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sound/) [Sound Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sound-dark-2074141/) [Subjective](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/subjective/) [Subjective Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/subjective-way-2421731/) [Subjectivity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/subjectivity/) [Talked Subjective](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talked-subjective-5622257/) [Thinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/) [Way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/) ## Related quotes > [Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-thornton/complete-objectivity-is-not-an-option-we-are-all-subjective-about-the/) [Elizabeth Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-thornton/) > [Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I've never been in love before - I don't really know? I think I have. I guess it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gaga/love-is-an-interesting-thing-perhaps-i-ve-never-been-in-love-before-i/) [Lady Gaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gaga/) > [What music can do so well is tell the truth in a subjective way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-longstreth/what-music-can-do-so-well-is-tell-the-truth-in-a-subjective-way/) [David Longstreth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-longstreth/) > [“Sometimes it's not the light in a person you fall in love with, but the dark. Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/sometimes-it-s-not-the-light-in-a-person-you-fall-in-love-with-but/) [Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/) > [I like to hear the brass vibrate in the sound, not the reed. I like a dark sound, which is contrary to what just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/i-like-to-hear-the-brass-vibrate-in-the-sound-not-the-reed-i-like-a/) [Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/) > [My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/my-dark-sound-could-be-heard-across-a-room-clearer-than-somebody-with/) [Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/) > [“He noted that although normally you associate Quality with objects, feelings of Quality sometimes occur without any object at all. This is what led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/he-noted-that-although-normally-you-associate-quality-with-objects/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) > [“It's not objective. It's subjective.” Katya hooks her bra behind her back. “It's just what you think, not the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-lockhart/it-s-not-objective-it-s-subjective-katya-hooks-her-bra-behind-her/) [E. Lockhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-lockhart/) > [When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-they-talk-of-ghosts-of-the-dead-who-wander-in-the-night-with/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Objectivity is a subjective fantasy implanted in us by an external will seeking to curtail our creativity by limiting our minds to our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-luckman/objectivity-is-a-subjective-fantasy-implanted-in-us-by-an-external/) [Sol Luckman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-luckman/) > [“We all are internal energy of the Universe -- and it's not even a metaphor -- there would be no dynamics whatsoever in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-m-vikoulov/we-all-are-internal-energy-of-the-universe-and-it-s-not-even-a/) [Alex M. Vikoulov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-m-vikoulov/) > [Those objecting to the concept of race argue that the taxonomic definitions are arbitrary and subjective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-philippe-rushton/those-objecting-to-the-concept-of-race-argue-that-the-taxonomic/) [J. Philippe Rushton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-philippe-rushton/) > [As with sound, images are subjective. You and I may not see the same color red as red, but we will probably agree that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dykstra/as-with-sound-images-are-subjective-you-and-i-may-not-see-the-same/) [John Dykstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dykstra/) > [Humor of all types is notoriously subjective. That's true not only between different people but even within an individual at different times. This subjectivity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-mankoff/humor-of-all-types-is-notoriously-subjective-that-s-true-not-only/) [Robert Mankoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-mankoff/) > [every subjective phenomenon is essentially connected with a single point of view, and it seems inevitable that an objective, physical theory will abandon that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-nagel/every-subjective-phenomenon-is-essentially-connected-with-a-single/) [Thomas Nagel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-nagel/) ## More by Daniel Barenboim > [An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/an-israeli-who-thinks-that-his-government-is-doing-everything-right/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [The French Revolution gave us three... powerful ideas, or concepts - liberty, equality and fraternity. But these ideas... are not only right in themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/the-french-revolution-gave-us-three-powerful-ideas-or-concepts/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/in-times-of-totalitarian-or-autocratic-rule-music-indeed-culture-in/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [But the ear, let us not forget, starts operating on the forty-fifth day of the pregnancy of a woman. Seven and a half months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/but-the-ear-let-us-not-forget-starts-operating-on-the-forty-fifth-day/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/now-the-first-step-has-to-be-taken-the-step-towards-democracy-this/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/there-are-many-types-of-silence-there-is-a-silence-before-the-note/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [The Barenboim Foundation has nothing to do with politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/the-barenboim-foundation-has-nothing-to-do-with-politics/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/you-can-t-expect-someone-born-into-a-family-with-no-music-to/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/i-can-t-stand-going-out-to-one-more-dinner-with-some-mrs-so-and-so/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [European anti-Semitism goes much further back than to the partition of Palestine and the establishment of Israel in 1948. It even goes further back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/european-anti-semitism-goes-much-further-back-than-to-the-partition/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [I'm sure that there are many Israelis who dream of waking up one day to find the Palestinians gone. And there are many Palestinians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/i-m-sure-that-there-are-many-israelis-who-dream-of-waking-up-one-day/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [The Germans are prisoners of their past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/the-germans-are-prisoners-of-their-past/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [When you love somebody and they die young and you are young, too, it is very hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/when-you-love-somebody-and-they-die-young-and-you-are-young-too-it-is/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [I hope that my new status will be an example of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, I believe that the destinies of the Israeli people and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/i-hope-that-my-new-status-will-be-an-example-of-israeli-palestinian/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) > [Every great work of art has two faces, one towards its own time and one towards future, towards eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/every-great-work-of-art-has-two-faces-one-towards-its-own-time-and/) [Daniel Barenboim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) [Explore all 59 Daniel Barenboim quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/) ## More Believe quotes > [I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-moore/i-actually-think-acting-is-a-form-of-self-hypnosis-you-have-to-be/) [Julianne Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-moore/) > [Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-robison/some-people-still-believe-you-should-just-fall-in-line-with-what-s/) [Emily Robison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-robison/) > [The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-truth-seems-to-be-that-propaganda-on-its-own-cannot-force-its-way/) [Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/) > [Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping; keep believing because He is working behind the scenes. He's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/resist-discouragement-by-speaking-his-word-over-your-future-keep/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) > [I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-can-t-believe-that-i-m-sitting-in-meetings-with-steven-spielberg/) [Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/) > [There is no such word as item girl in the dictionary. People have created this word and I don't believe that I am an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shefali-zariwala/there-is-no-such-word-as-item-girl-in-the-dictionary-people-have/) [Shefali Zariwala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shefali-zariwala/) > [I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/i-understand-that-it-s-the-music-that-keeps-me-alive-that-s-my/) [Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/) > [I don't really like too much credit. I know nobody's going to believe this, but I'd rather be able to score goals and nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-wright-phillips/i-don-t-really-like-too-much-credit-i-know-nobody-s-going-to-believe/) [Bradley Wright-Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-wright-phillips/) > [“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penn-jillette/what-i-have-a-problem-with-is-not-so-much-religion-or-god-but-faith/) [Penn Jillette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penn-jillette/) > [Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-leno/bush-reiterated-his-stand-to-conservatives-opposing-his-decision-on/) [Jay Leno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-leno/) > [Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-herbert/never-underestimate-the-power-of-the-human-mind-to-believe-what-it/) [Brian Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-herbert/) > [To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-dicaprio/to-believe-in-love-to-be-ready-to-give-up-anything-for-it-to-be/) [Leonardo DiCaprio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-dicaprio/) > [That's why I don't generally talk about endorsements because I don't believe we have to tell people who to vote for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-iii/that-s-why-i-don-t-generally-talk-about-endorsements-because-i-don-t/) [Martin Luther King III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-iii/) > [Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-garfield/mankind-have-been-slow-to-believe-that-order-reigns-in-the-universe/) [James A. Garfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-garfield/) > [We instantly believe everything we think. Isn't that insane? It's good for us to explore the depravity of our minds, so we know we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krishna-das/we-instantly-believe-everything-we-think-isn-t-that-insane-it-s-good/) [Krishna Das](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krishna-das/) [Browse all 47,704 Believe quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Barenboim" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-subjective-way-as-if-it-had-a/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Believe" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-subjective-way-as-if-it-had-a/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/daniel-barenboim-11600_believe_sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-su_2333486.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/daniel-barenboim-11600_believe_sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-su_2333486.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/daniel-barenboim-11600_believe_sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-su_2333486.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is…” — Daniel Barenboim", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Daniel Barenboim", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-barenboim/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Sound is often talked about in...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-subjective-way-as-if-it-had-a/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-barenboim/sound-is-often-talked-about-in-a-very-subjective-way-as-if-it-had-a/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```