Luigi Russolo (1885–1947) Electronic music pioneer and Futurist painter
Source: 1910's, The Art of Noise', 1913, p. 9
“Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will be time for us all to be quiet when we are safely dead.”
Source: The Enchantress of Florence
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Lord Infamous (1975–2013) American rapper
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Sophie Scholl (1921–1943) White Rose member
As quoted in O<sub>2</sub> : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008) by Richard Dahlstrom, Ch. 4 : Artisans of Hope: Stepping into God's Kingdom Story, p. 63; this source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote. It is also used in <i> The White Rose </i> (1991) by Lillian Garrett-Groag, a monologue during Sophie's interrogation.
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Context: The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won't take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don't like to make waves — or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honor, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
“And it's amazing how much noise people ignoring each other can make.”
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Source: Benny and Babe
“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
Source: The Autobiography Of Malcolm X
Richard Pryor (1940–2005) American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer, and MC
Post http://www.richardpryor.com/forums/msgs.cfm?msg=38560&forum=6 on US civil rights activist Rosa Parks. <br class="br">Web-posts
“People who make no noise are dangerous.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux.
Book VIII (1678–1679), fable 23.
Fables (1668–1679)
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
Last public talk (4 January 1986) http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/the-future-is-now/1986-01-04-jiddu-krishnamurti-the-future-is-now-3rd-public-talk, The Future is Now : Last Talks in India (1988) http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/the-future-is-now, p. 100 <br class="br">1980s <br class="br">Context: No description can ever describe the origin. The origin is nameless; the origin is absolutely quiet, it is not whirring about making noise. Creation is something that is most holy, that is the most sacred thing in life, and if you have made a mess of your life, change it. Change it today, not tomorrow. If you are uncertain, find out why and be certain. If your thinking is not straight, think straight, logically, Unless all that is prepared, all that is settled, you cannot enter into this world, into the world of creation.<br>It ends.<br>This is the last talk. Do you want to sit together quietly for a while? All right, sirs, sit quietly for a while.