This quote is written / told by Donald Fagen somewhere between January 10, 1948 and today. He/she was a famous Musician from USA.
The author also have 6 other quotes.
"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"
"The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us"