J’ai dit quelque part qu’il ne suffisait pas d’entendre la musique, mais qu’il fallait encore la voir.

— Igor Stravinsky, Poétique musicale, 1945

Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best…

— Frank Zappa, Packard Goose, Joe’s Garage Act III, 1979

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

— Frank Zappa, The Real Frank Zappa Book, “Zappa and Occhiogrosso,” 1989

Sans musique la vie serait une erreur

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Crépuscule des idoles, “Maximes et pointes,” 1888