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Fugue Quotes

Common bread, miraculous bread, sacramental bread-these three are distinct, but not to be separated. Divine reality is like a fugue. All His acts are different, but they all rhyme and echo to one another. It is this that makes Christianity so difficult to talk about. C. S. Lewis
So my life is a point-counterpoint, a kind of fugue, and a falling away–and everything winds up being lost to me, and everything falls into oblivion, or into the hands of the other man. Jorge Luis Borges
The dark organ music filled the Department of Post-Mortem Communications. Moist assumed it was all part of the ambience, although the mood would have been more precisely obtained if the tune it was playing did not appear to be Cantate and Fugue for someone Who Has Trouble with the Pedals. Terry Prachett
The idea of safety had shrunk into particles - one snug moment, then the next. Meanwhile, the brain piped fugues of worry and staged mind-theaters full of tragedies and triumphs, because unfortunately, the fear of death does wonders to focus the mind, inspire creativity, and heightens the senses. Trusting one's hunches only seems gamble if one has time for seem; otherwise the brain goes on autopilot and trades the elite craft of analysis for the best rapid insights that float up from its... Diane Ackerman
Dorothy L. Sayers quote: "Pray silence for the soloist. But let him be soon over, that..."
Pray silence for the soloist. But let him be soon over, that we may hear the great striding fugue again. Dorothy L. Sayers
David Foster Wallace quote: "It's like a fugue of evaded responsibility."
It's like a fugue of evaded responsibility. David Foster Wallace
The old man slowly raised himself from the piano stool, fixed those cheerful blue eyes piercingly and at the same time with unimaginable friendliness upon him, and said: "Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends. There is none easier. That is a fine thing. I hope you and I shall remain friends. Perhaps you too will learn how to make fugues, Joseph. Herman Hesse
Isaac Mizrahi quote: "If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John..."
If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work. Isaac Mizrahi
There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me. Edward Weston
Helen Hayes quote: "The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life."
The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life. Helen Hayes
Michael Tippett quote: "The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably..."
The blues are like the fugue in 18th century. It's probably the music that belongs most to our time. Michael Tippett
In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?' Edna O'Brien

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