Edgard Varese Quotes

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
Edgard Varese

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
Edgard Varese

Keep, Everyone, Few

I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.
Edgard Varese

Music, Old, Write

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.
Edgard Varese

Thought, Dream, Whole

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
Edgard Varese

Work, Important, Used

I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.
Edgard Varese

Natural, Physical, Influenced

Music is organized sound.
Edgard Varese

Music, Sound, Organized

Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.
Edgard Varese

Life, Music, Alone

Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.
Edgard Varese

Poor, Musical, Alphabet

There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces.
Edgard Varese

Different, Idea, Direction

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: December 22, 1883

Died: November 6, 1965

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