Music, as long as it exists, will always take its departure from the major triad and return to it. The musician cannot escape it any more than the pa…

- Paul Hindemith

Tonality is a natural force, like gravity.

- Paul Hindemith

My God, how can anyone ever be a master of music?

- Paul Hindemith

The reactions music evokes are not feelings, but they are the images, memories of feelings.

- Paul Hindemith

Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure it.

- Paul Hindemith

There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience.

- Paul Hindemith

People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts.

- Paul Hindemith

There are only twelve tones and they need to be treated carefully.

- Paul Hindemith

Our spirit of life is not identical with that of our ancestors, and therefore their music, even if restored with utter technical perfections, can nev…

- Paul Hindemith