Famous quote by Olivier Messiaen

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"I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none"

Paint Bird Military

This quote is written / told by Olivier Messiaen between December 10, 1908 and April 27, 1992. He/she was a famous Composer from France. The author also have 3 other quotes.

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"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark"

"It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes"

"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste"

"Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings"

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom"

"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love"

John Dyer, Artist

"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see"

"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value"

"The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them"

"I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait"