Madeleine L'Engle Quotes

You know, I think music is very interactive. It's a - it's a language.

Music is a simulation of something, but language is the greatest thing we possess.

I see magic in conversation and words, and music is purely speaking to others, isn't it?

It is music that, being the universal language, has no need to learn any particular language of the world.

I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

Music is the soul of language.

Writers are the ones who figure out how to put their observations into words.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

I love the power of words - no music or special effects - and I want to demonstrate that power.

People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words.

Stories that can be told through language and words don't need to be filmed.

I think, as singers and performers, we are ambassadors of the human experience. I don't want to get bored just talking about myself.

Opera is a key way of talking about life and all the things that are important to people in life.

Musicians are not so concerned with language.

Literature exists inside the language. It's made of words.

Words are music, really.

Music, at the end of the day, is communicating something - emotion, a feeling, a rite of passage, where you are in life.

I think of language as our first music.

Music is a kind of harmonious language.

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

Life is a lot more interesting if you are interested in the people and the places around you. So, illuminate your little patch of ground, the people that you know, the things that you want to commemorate. Light them up with your art, with your music, with your writing, with whatever it is that you do.

Music is a dialogue.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.