Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.
Arthur SchopenhauerIf there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.
Arthur SchopenhauerThe effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.
Arthur Schopenhauer