Music Quotes

The universal language. Musicians and listeners on why rhythm and melody move us like nothing else.

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"Music has the power to move the soul in ways that words alone can never achieve."
Isabella d'Este
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"Music is the language through which the heavens speak to the human heart."
Marsilio Ficino
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"To understand music is to understand the structure of the universe itself."
Marsilio Ficino
"Music is the voice of the divine"
Giambattista Vico
"Music speaks the language of the eternal"
Giambattista Vico
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"Music is the universal language that needs no translation."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Music speaks to the part of us that transcends reason."
Pico della Mirandola
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"In music lies a mathematics that speaks directly to the immortal soul."
Giambattista della Porta
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"The human voice, when trained and refined, becomes an instrument of transformation."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and physical worlds."
Marsilio Ficino
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"To understand music is to understand the structure of the cosmos."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Music heals because it attunes us to the harmony underlying existence."
Marsilio Ficino
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"The music of the spheres can be heard by those attuned to listen."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Music speaks where words fall silent."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Music is the mathematics of the human soul."
Pico della Mirandola
"The music of power is the sweetest sound to ambitious ears."
Catherine de Medici
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"Music has the power to express what words alone cannot convey."
Isabella d'Este
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"Music is the greatest gift to humanity, for it speaks to the eternal in us."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Music is mathematics made visible to the ear and tangible to the heart."
Marsilio Ficino
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"The music of the spheres can be heard by those who attune their ears."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"Music is the language through which the soul speaks to itself and to others."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Music, like mathematics, reveals the hidden order within apparent chaos."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Music is the universal language of mankind."
Edward Wotton
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"If music be the food of love, play on."
Edward Wotton
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"The music of the spheres is the ultimate harmony."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Music is the universal language of the soul."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Music elevates the soul toward heaven."
Girolamo Savonarola
"Music is the companion of joy and the solace of sorrow."
Giambattista Vico
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"The music of the spheres reminds us that all creation vibrates with the same fundamental harmony."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius
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"In the music of silence, the deepest truths are heard."
Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius