Quote by Denis Diderot
Good music is very close to primitive language. - Denis Diderot

Good music is very close to primitive language. – Denis Diderot

Other quotes by Denis Diderot

We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us. – Denis Diderot

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Flattery
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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. – Denis Diderot

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Theater
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Music
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What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with my father, was that kind of theatrical songwriting. It was always a part of my character. This desire to make people laugh. – Pete Townshend

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Music

Its true, theres a lot of melancholy in my music. I dont know why, Im not a melancholy person. Ive always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat. – Norah Jones

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Music

Music is my shining light, my favorite thing in the world. T get me to stop doing it for one second would be difficult! – Taylor Swift

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Music

Yoga is almost like music in a way theres no end to it. – Sting

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Music

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Theres more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, youll be able to enjoy your success more. It wont own you or control you. – Ricky Williams

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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind. – William Godwin

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It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books — what other men do not say in whole books. – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

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