These seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand things better than words. – Felix Mendelssohn
People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words. – Felix Mendelssohn
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God. – Felix Mendelssohn
For the last 10 years, Ive felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but Ive never understood why. Its cheaper to work on film, its far better looking, its the technology thats been known and understood for a hundred years, and its extremely reliable. – Christopher Nolan