Aaron Copland
"The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is' My answer to that would be, 'No."
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"The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is' My answer to that would be, 'No."
"يمكن اختصار المسألة برمتها في سؤال بسيط: "هل للموسيقى معنى؟" إجابتي ستكون: "نعم." أما إذا سُئلت: "وهل يمكنك التعبير عن هذا المعنى بالكلمات؟" فجوابي حينئذ: "لا."
Aaron Copland
"If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong."
"إن جمع الأديب كلمتين عن الموسيقى، فإحداهما حتمًا خاطئة."
Aaron Copland
"If a literary man puts together two words about music one of them will be wrong."
Aaron Copland
"Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes."
Aaron Copland
"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning."
Aaron Copland
"To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable."
Aaron Copland
"Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, orperhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn't know. But I amsure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness."
Aaron Copland
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