Able Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is…

— Alfred Einstein

“His guitar bore his longing up into the darkness like sparks, a music profound in its objectless desire, beautiful beyond solace or solution”

— Janet Fitch

A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“He knew that the very memory of the piano falsified still further the perspective in which he saw the elements of music, that the…

— Marcel Proust

I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but…

— Yehudi Menuhin

“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks…

— Hannah Harrington

A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [...]

— Gary Shteyngart

“Is the beauty of the Whole really enhanced by our agony? And is the Whole really beautiful? And what is beauty? Throughout all his…

— Olaf Stapledon

“the artist descends within himself, and in that lonely region of stress and strife, if he be deserving and fortunate, he finds the terms…

— Joseph Conrad

“Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts, minds and…

— Martin Luther

“Whether in music, or other things, one never knows what surprisingly satisfying things God has in His plan for the developed talent with is…

— Edith Schaeffer

The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and…

— Joseph Conrad