Music Quote by Marcel Proust
““He knew that the very memory of the piano falsified still further the perspective in which he saw the elements of music, that the field open to the musician is not a miserable stave of seven notes, but an immeasurable keyboard (still almost entirely unknown) on which, here and there only, separated by the thick darkness of its unexplored tracts, some few among the millions of keys of tenderness, of passion, of courage, of serenity, which compose it, each one differing from all the rest as one universe differs from another, have been discovered by a few great artists who do us the service, when they awaken in us the emotion corresponding to the theme they have discovered, of showing us what richness, what variety lies hidden, unknown to us, in that vast, unfathomed and forbidding night of our soul which we take to be an impenetrable void.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: In Search of Lost Time, 1913
Music offers an endless, largely unknown landscape of emotional keys, each revealing unique aspects of humanity when explored by great artists.
In simple terms: Music is an infinite, mysterious emotional keyboard.
Key Takeaway
Explore music’s depth for personal insight.
Themes
art
music
creativity
exploration
emotion
Mood
inspired
thoughtful
introspective
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- listening to new genres
- learning an instrument
- creative writing
- therapy sessions
- educational curricula
Key Concepts
aesthetic theory
psychology of music
human experience
Questions to Reflect On
- Which musical “key” resonates with your current feeling?
- How can you expand your emotional vocabulary through music?
A Different Perspective
Not everyone can access or appreciate such depth without guidance.
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