Musical Composition Language

Famous quotes containing the words musical, composition and/or language:

    “That vast moth-eaten musical brocade
    Created to pretend we never die ...”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Vices enter into the composition of virtues as poisons into the composition of certain medicines. Prudence and common sense mix them together, and make excellent use of them against the misfortunes that attend human life.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.”
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)