Cacophony quotes
18 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Most conservatives know better than to promote the state funding of art. The result of such funding is the mess that modern art has become. Atonal music is to music what subsidized art is to art. ...The fact that cacophony has reigned almost supreme since 1900 is a testimony to Mises' original observation. Atonal music is to music what socialism is to economics: planned chaos."
"The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives, but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression."
"Life’s a freaking mess… there’s not one truth ever, just a bunch of stories, all going on at once, in our heads, in our hearts, all getting in the way of each other. It’s all a beautiful calamitous mess."
"A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives."
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