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

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. – Denis Diderot

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Patriotism
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves. – Denis Diderot

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Senses
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Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is not shut up in Salzburg: I have it in my pocket. – Henri Rabaud

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Country music is still your grandpas music, but its also your daughters music. Its getting bigger and better all the time and Im glad to be a part of it. – Shania Twain

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Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities… much more so than music or language. – Conrad Hall

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Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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