Quotes About Expression

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.

I really do not know, Socrates, how to express what I mean. For somehow or other our arguments, on whatever ground we rest them, seem to turn round and walk away from us.

And I think that you must have observed again and again what a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colours which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose.

The Muse herself makes some men inspired, from whom a chain of other men is strung out who catch their own inspiration from theirs.

I am speaking like a book, but I believe that what I am saying is true.

let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its law.

I grow impatient at the length of your exordium.

I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live.

Orang bijak berbicara karena ada sesuatu yang HARUS dikatakan, sedangkan orang bodoh berbicara karena INGIN mengatakan sesuatu.

Yes, if he is to have true music in him.

Nevertheless, there's still a dissenting voice, albeit a single one—mine

For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet

How brave a thing is freedom of speech, which has made the Athenians so far exceed every other state of Hellas in greatness!

And poets do really know the things about which they seem to the many to speak so well?

wise men talk because they have something to say fools talk because they have to say something

Mais on ne saurait mieux le faire qu'avec une

Handwriting is the shackle of the mind.

Everything that is responsible for creating something out of nothing is a kind of poetry; and so all the creations of every craft and profession are themselves a kind of poetry, and everyone who practices a craft is a poet.

Hence it is from the representation of things spoken by means of posture and gesture that the whole of the art of dance has been elaborated.

For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?

Chi è serio, si guarda bene dallo scrivere di cose serie.

There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice.

It is never a bad thing to take up your fair share of space, said Mr. Bunny ambiguously.

I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks or shortcuts, or even any advice that necessarily translates from writer to writer. All I can tell you is to write as much as possible.