Jim Rohn Quotes

The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.

The rhythm of relations of color and size makes the absolute appear in the relativity of time and space.

For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

Art is based on very clear, mathematical principles like proportion and harmony. At the same time, physicists need to be inventive, to have ideas, to have some fantasy.

All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.

In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts.

In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.

It's really only all about music. It's not like a big rocket scientist kind of philosophy or anything.

Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.

Everything man is doing in architecture is to try to go against nature. Of course we have to understand nature to know how far we have to go against nature. The secret, I think, of the future is not doing too much. All architects have the tendency to do too much.

There's something mathematically satisfying about music: notes fit together and harmony and all that. And mathematics has to do with abstractions and making connections.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords.

Balance is key. Balance is a virtue. Balance is next to godliness, maybe. We should all aspire to better balance. Too much of what is said in this world is one-sided, and we need more balance - in our speech, in our music, in our art, in everything.

Music is math; music is spiritual.

Designing a game can be like a Japanese garden. It's not what you put in but how much you take away.

How much closer can I get to the common ear, the mainstream, and how much it can still be from this other world, this other place? That's the line I keep trying to tread but have my wings extend more on both sides.

When you see the best of the best - when you see a Matisse or a Picasso - what interests you is the creativity and harmony.

You want to stay grounded, but you need to keep the music growing.

I believe that experimenting is what production is. But it doesn't mean much if you don't have a solid foundation in what you're experimenting with. You can't really deviate from music unless you know music; it's not gonna work.

Creativity is making a good pass at the right time... but it can also come from deeper, there should always be a balance.

Apple is a unique company in that the art and the science sit together very nicely. There's an appreciation for both sides of the brain.

It's not about the names or the faces: it's about the music we are creating.

Order and creativity are complementary.