Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"A man should be able to change and change again."Miles Davis
"Philosophy asks the questions science cannot answer."Miles Davis
"I believe in the nobility of human nature."Giuseppe Verdi
"Every one of the so-called principles is an illusion."Richard Wagner
"Philosophy is the pursuit of eternal truths."Richard Wagner
"The pursuit of harmonic perfection mirrors the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment."John Coltrane
"The earth is a nest and we must leave it."Frederic Chopin
"To play music well, one must understand life."Frederic Chopin
"Philosophy and music speak the same language."Claude Debussy
"Philosophy questions; art answers in beauty."Claude Debussy
"A composer is not so very different from the rest of humanity."George Gershwin
"Patriotism is not always demonstrated by a general."George Gershwin
"The human spirit is reflected in every note we compose."George Gershwin
"Every era produces the music it deserves."George Gershwin
"The world as I see it is a valley of tears."Ludwig van Beethoven
"The greater the man, the greater the grief."Ludwig van Beethoven
"One has a nose. The nose smells. The thing smelled is not separate from the smell."Igor Stravinsky
"I do not have the slightest conception of higher and lower desires."Igor Stravinsky
"Revolution in art must precede revolution in society."Richard Wagner
"Doubt is the companion of the honest mind."Richard Wagner
"Philosophy is the art of asking the questions that matter most."Richard Wagner
"There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man."Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"In philosophy, only the questions matter."Claude Debussy
"Perfection itself is imperfection."Frederic Chopin
"A musician must think of himself as being in exile from nature."Frederic Chopin
"Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others."Frederic Chopin
"Philosophy without experience is merely words pretending to be wisdom."Ludwig van Beethoven
"Philosophy is the art of being at home in the universe."Ludwig van Beethoven
"Philosophy without passion is merely empty words."Giuseppe Verdi