Music Quote by Morton Feldman Download Open image “The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.” — Morton Feldman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Music Music is Perfection Tragedy
The more perfect music we have, the more attractive the peculiarities and anomalies of human performance become. Perfection is a second rate idea. — T Bone Burnett Copy Share Image
There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love. — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Perfection bores me, in art, in music; most of all, in people. Luckily, perfection is rare. — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The… — Benjamin Britten Copy Share Image
Music is entertainment, and we need that in order not to fall into the pit of despair. — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
I've always had a profound conviction that great music is about joy, even in the face of tragedy. — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
A song is such a short form ... that 'the slightest flaw seems like a mountain.' And so every song needs to be revised… — Stephen Sondheim Copy Share Image
Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer that embracing the imperfections of making music is so much of what makes something groove. Getting rid of these imperfections… — Jacob Collier Copy Share Image
The most interesting aspect for me, composing exclusively with patterns, is that there is not one organizational procedure more advantageous than another, perhaps because… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Art in relation to life is nothing more than a glove turned inside out. It seems to have the same shapes and contours, but… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Since music has never had a Rembrandt, we have remained nothing more than musicians. — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you've got to arrive at is a kind of typical… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
For me it's the instrument. If I want to think of a flute and the state of the arts I hear a vibrato; I… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
For years I said if I could only find a comfortable chair I would rival Mozart. — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon. — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
I never feel that my music is sparse or minimalist; the way fat people never really think they're fat. I certainly don't consider myself… — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
If you think you might have secret information listening to me, you're lost. — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
I've been living with the minor second all my life and I finally found a way to handle it. — Morton Feldman Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
Before I debuted, it was my goal to make my debut, and afterwards, I aimed at winning champion titles on television music shows, and… — Hyuna Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I'm at the edge of the world, Where do I go from here? Do I disappear? Edge of the world, Should I sink or… — Bring Me The Horizon Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of people come out of Carol City, but I had this distinct vision for Carol City, just me coming out… — Denzel Curry Copy Share Image
When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story. — Hubert Laws Copy Share Image
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,… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Downloading's the same as what I used to do. I used to tape the charts of the songs I liked [off the radio]. I… — Liam Gallagher Copy Share Image
I've been writing songs since I was 10 years old and always had a penchant for rhyming. I started listening to hip hop through… — Hoodie Allen Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I want people to hear my lyrics and my melodies and say, 'That dude's in pain.' — Ivan Moody Copy Share Image
I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time. — Stromae Copy Share Image