emotive power Quotes

The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art.

It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise.

The Spirit speaks directly to our hearts through music. That's why music has always had such power to move people into positive action.

I don't want to impress somebody, I want to move somebody. Say the most with the least.

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.

Myth is a powerful medium because it talks to the emotions and not the head. It moves us into an area of mystery.

You really should be able to feel the higher power of music and be moved by it, rather than listening to me waffle on and having to explain it.

Who that has heard a strain of music feared then lest he should speak extravagantly any more forever?

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

The energy is important. It's the rebirth of the character. Even more than the sentence itself, it's the energy that has to come through. It's really 'Thank you!'

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.

Music is all about transporting people, speaking a language which languages fail to express.

Music begins where words are powerless to express. Music is made for the inexpressible. I want music to seem to rise from the shadows and indeed sometimes to return to them.

Songs say what our emotions can't. I love that about music.

What cannot letters inspire? They have souls; they can speak; they have in them all that force which expresses the transports of the heart.