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Toru Takemitsu quotes

Japanese Composer October 8, 1930 – February 20, 1996

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I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life. Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu quote: "Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all..."
Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper. Toru Takemitsu
Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. Toru Takemitsu
The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field. Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu quote: "Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of..."
Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world. Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu quote: "Music is a form of prayer."
Music is a form of prayer. Toru Takemitsu
Toru Takemitsu quote: "I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps..."
I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned. Toru Takemitsu
Many contemporary composers have been building walls of sounds following their own clever devices. But then, who lives inside those rooms? Toru Takemitsu

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