The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other.


Action and Study - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part IX - A Painter's Views on Painting

Samuel Butler Quotes

The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other.

The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other.

The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other.

The composer is seldom a great theorist; the theorist is never a great composer. Each is equally fatal to and essential in the other.