Toru Takemitsu Quotes

"The art music of the West has developed through out its history by means of individual geniuses, and out of the soil supporting them; non-Western musicians were born, and grew like the grasses of the field."
- Toru Takemitsu
(Related: Art, History, Music, Musicians)

"Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper."
- Toru Takemitsu
(Related: Music, Emotions)

"I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned."
- Toru Takemitsu
(Related: Old, Songs, Thinking)

"Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world."
- Toru Takemitsu
(Related: Meaning, Sound, World)

"Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow."
- Toru Takemitsu
(Related: Light, Self, Shadow)

"Music is a form of prayer."
- Toru Takemitsu
(Related: Music, Prayer)