20th century Quote by Quincy Jones

“There is a striking feature of the twentieth century… the musical creation of the 20th century is qualitatively different from the 18th century, in…

— Noam Chomsky

A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.

— Paul McCartney

I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have…

— John Templeton

We can sometimes recognize the looks of a century ago on a modern face; but never those of a century to come.

— John Fowles

We were wild-eyed hippies from the late '60s. We still had the exuberance of the mind-expanding '60s - that Tolkienesque, Zeppelin, androgynous, wood nymph,…

— Nancy Wilson

There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

— Sonny Rollins

Mozart. Vivaldi. Van Gogh. Stretched their genius on struggle, stress and survival.

— Billy Cannon

We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years ago by…

— Thomas Bangalter

I feel that I belong to the 19th century. Some composers' music is very topical. It almost says, 'This is about what I read…

— Gordon Getty

I'm old-fashioned. I think William Blake and people in the Renaissance people were multi. Look at da Vinci, he was involved in science; and…

— Patti Smith

Who would have thought around 1900 that in fifty years time we would know so much more and understand so much less.

— Albert Einstein

Other centuries had their driving forces. What will ours have been when men look far back to it one day? Maybe it won't be…

— Moss Hart