Carlo Carrà (1881–1966) Italian painter
Quote in: The Painting of Sounds, Noises and Smells Carlo Carrà, (1913); as cited & translated in: Mary Ann Caws (2001) Manifesto: A Century of Isms. p. 203
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“I have found a paper of mine among some others in which I call architecture 'petrified music.' Really there is something in this; the tone of mind produced by architecture approaches the effect of music.”
Conversations with Eckermann (23 March 1829) - Often quoted as "Architecture is frozen music."
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Letter to Isaac Disraeli (c. 8 September 1826), quoted in William Flavelle Monypenny and George Earle Buckle, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Volume. I. 1804–1859 (1929), p. 108
Ernest Flagg (1857–1947) American architect
Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922)
Context: When, in architecture, one uses a fixed unit and combinations of it, to produce harmony, the effect should be most striking and apparent... as it is in music by the measured beat and in poetry by the cadence and rhythm.<!--Ch. II
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist
Education: What Knowledge Is of Most Worth?
Essays on Education (1861)
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture — it's a really stupid thing to want to do.”
Elvis Costello (1954) English singer-songwriter
This has commonly been paraphrased "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." More info at "Alan P. Scott : Talking about music..." http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm Also, Costello has denied http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/ having coined this, in an interview in Q magazine, tentatively attributing the quote instead to Martin Mull. <br class="br">Misattributed
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.”
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”
Martin Mull (1943) American actor
(on or before 1979), attributed in print in the magazine Time Barrier Express in the September-October 1979 issue in an article by Gary Sperrazza. Writing About Music is Like Dancing About Architecture: Laurie Anderson? Steve Martin? Frank Zappa? Martin Mull? Elvis Costello? Thelonius Monk?, Quote Investigator (blog), November 9, 2010 http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/, <br class="br">Attributed
Chris Hedges book American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
Source: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, Chapter One: Faith
