Observer/music

Famous quotes containing the words observer and/or music:

“The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through humanity, into the spiritual and necessary sphere, where it plays a part as indestructible as any other.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Through music the passions enjoy themselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)