Florent Schmitt quotes

  • To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

  • Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.

  • I really like listening to music in my car.

  • The art of life is loving and listening to one another.

  • Failure comes when you don’t listen. You can’t put something out there and assume it’s great. It’s up to us to make sure we’re listening to improve our chances for success-if not this time, next time.

  • Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.

  • When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.

  • The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.

  • Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.

  • Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces