Academic Quote by Stanley Crouch

“Music allows us to assemble temporal sequences into mental scaffolding that transcends the thinness of time in which we live.”

— George B. Dyson

“Life is filled with music and rhythms”

— Julius Veal

When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows…

— Pat Metheny

“Many of us can maybe sometimes imagine sounds, or have some musical ideas. But to have them consistenly building whole works, and to have…

— Christian Tetzlaff

Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate…

— Robert Genn

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never…

— Igor Stravinsky

What came to me as a revelation was the use of rhythm in developing an overall structure in music.

— Philip Glass

The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and more capable…

— Plato

The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.

— David Almond

Time and rhythm are the most important elements in music. If both aren't well conceived, organized, and executed, no amount of notes will make…

— Anthony Davis

In the end, our way of writing music is a long process of experimentation. We enjoy the luxury of taking this very seriously and…

— Justin Chancellor

A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content.

— Helen Vendler