The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
Jean CocteauRead
Music is the healing force of the universe.
Interpretation
Music has the ability to heal and transform people's lives.
This quote by Albert Ayler emphasizes the profound impact that music can have on individuals and society as a whole. It suggests that music is not merely an art form but a powerful force that can inspire healing, provide comfort, and foster connection among people, indicating its essential role in the human experience.
In practice
During a speech at a music therapy workshop, one could say, 'As Albert Ayler once said, music is the healing force of the universe.'
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
I can’t worry too much about the everyday things. Otherwise I’d lose touch with my own world, that helps me as an artist, but it’s frustrating for the people around me. I’m vaguely functional, but there’s always something slightly off.
The drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candle-sticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense or myrrh; and the gospel for the day always The Play will Run for a Year. The Dove of Inspiration, of the desire for inspiration, has flown away from it; and on it's roof, now, the commonplace crow caws candidly.
If a poet does not tell the truth about time, his or her work will not survive it. Past or present, there is a human dimension to time, human voices within it, and human griefs ordained by it.
A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.