“The frustration was with the philosophy of the instrument.”

— Suzanne Ciani

"INTERVIEW: Suzanne Ciani...," (2014)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Sept. 14, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The frustration was with the philosophy of the instrument." by Suzanne Ciani?

Suzanne Ciani photo

Suzanne Ciani 5

Italian American composer and musician 1946

Related quotes

“Theology is to-day recognised to be the instrument of myth, philosophy to be the instrument of science.”

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk The Spirit of Russia

The Spirit of Russia
I
1919
Thomas
Garrigue Masaryk
Paul
Eden
Paul
Cedar
208

“Knowledge conceived as an instrument is a means to the end of power. The goal of philosophy, however, is not to gain power over the Absolute but to know it as it truly is.”

Merold Westphal (1940)

Source: History and Truth in Hegel’s Phenomenology (1979), p. 4

“Even among the earliest Stoics, Logic or Dialectic does not occupy the same place as in Plato: it is considered only as an instrument which is to be used for the other divisions of Philosophy.”

George Long (1800–1879) English classical scholar

The Philosophy of Antoninus

“Language is a finite instrument crudely applied to an infinity of ideas, and one consequence of the failure to take account of this is that modern philosophy has made itself ridiculous by analysing such statements as, "This is a good bacon sandwich," or, "Bedser had a good wicket."”

Tom Stoppard Jumpers

Source: George, Act II. Jumpers (1972)

“If the task of philosophy is to break the domination of words over the human mind […], then my concept notation, being developed for these purposes, can be a useful instrument for philosophers […] I believe the cause of logic has been advanced already by the invention of this concept notation.”

Gottlob Frege book Begriffsschrift

Begriffsschrift (1879) Preface to the Begriffsschrift

“Boredom is a mask frustration wears.”

Neal Stephenson book Anathem

Source: Anathem

“An instrument is not important. It is the way one plays that is important. Instruments don’t play by themselves. A piano is certainly not a better instrument than a synthesizer, but if a synthesizer is played like a piano, it becomes a very bad instrument. It doesn’t work. You can’t play a trumpet like a violin—it doesn’t go. That’s the problem—the players, not the instrument. Any instrument is a wonderful thing.”

Joe Zawinul (1932–2007) austrian composer and pianist

On how a musician's way of playing is important
Prasad interview (1997)

“The liberating force of technology—the instrumentalization of things—turns into … the instrumentalization of man.”

Herbert Marcuse book One-Dimensional Man

Source: One-Dimensional Man (1964), p. 159

“Just as Hitler had given a frustrated Germany a target and that target was the Jew, so through the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, a frustrated country was given a target and that target was the Muslim.”

M.J. Akbar (1951) journalist, author

Source: Illustrated Weekly of India, 22/12/1990. Quoted from Elst, Koenraad (1991). Ayodhya and after: Issues before Hindu society.

“Jason felt humiliated and frustrated. Rejected by a rock.”

Cinda Williams Chima (1952) Novelist

Source: The Dragon Heir

Related topics