John McLaughlin (1942) guitarist, founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
On his spiritual view of music.
New York Times interview (1972)
“Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand”
I. 31 as quoted by Edwin Arthur Burtt in The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science
Joannis Kepleri Astronomi Opera Omnia, ed. Christian Frisch (1858)
Context: Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity.
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(15 October 1993)
Source: The Wheel of Time: Boxed Set