Music is, of all the arts, that which most closely approaches the word, the supreme art. Music is nearly the word, and sometimes more than the word; because, if it doesn't specify the ideas in letters, it arouses unlimited sensations and sentiments in sounds.


Cours familier de littérature: un entretien par mois (Chez l'auteur, 1858)

Alphonse de Lamartine Quotes

Music is, of all the arts, that which most closely approaches the word, the supreme art. Music is nearly the word, and sometimes more than the word;...

Music is, of all the arts, that which most closely approaches the word, the supreme art. Music is nearly the word, and sometimes more than the word;...

Music is, of all the arts, that which most closely approaches the word, the supreme art. Music is nearly the word, and sometimes more than the word;...

Music is, of all the arts, that which most closely approaches the word, the supreme art. Music is nearly the word, and sometimes more than the word;...