About Quote by Derek Walcott

Of all the arts, music is really the most abstract.

— Leo Ornstein

Music is so abstract; it is a combination of words and melody.

— Shankar Mahadevan

the one universal form of art is music.

— Faith Baldwin

Music, art, and literature are inseparable for me. How does "composition" evolve in a music and art context? It's a question we can never…

— DJ Spooky

I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality…

— Brian Eno

When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the…

— Mike Svob

Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult.

— Robert Palmer

You have a history of art-music that you equate with music. That's what I love about that term art-music. It separates itself from music-music,…

— Frank Fairfield

There is a kinship between music and painting - with the same words used to describe both, as when a musical composition is said…

— Alton Tobey

A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself.…

— Yo-Yo Ma

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.

— L. Ron Hubbard

Music is an intrinsic part of life; therefore, it is important to transport different forms of artistic expression, science, and mathematics into compositions.

— Ludovico Einaudi