Quotes

I know for myself, that as long as I can sum up my experiences in words, I certainly would not make music about it.Letter to Max Marschalk, 26th March 1896Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911

[...]; and we have to remember, that it is not nature itself that we observe, but the nature that is exposed to our way of questioning.Physics and philosophy, Chapter IIIWerner Karl Heisenberg, 1901-1976

Art imitates nature, and necessity is the mother of invention; [...]Northern Memoirs (1658, published 1694)Richard Franck, ~1624-1708