Daniel Levitin Quotes

Music can be thought of as a type of perceptual illusion in which our brain imposes structure and order on a sequence of sounds. Just how this structure leads us to experience emotional reactions is part of the mystery of music.

Daniel Levitin

Quotes to Explore

I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.

Felicity Jones
- Things
- See
- Word
What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'

Patricia Reilly Giff
- Home
- Book
- Morning
I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.

Irvine Welsh
If you are trying to get people to work on a problem together, it's best if they don't know where you, as the supervisor/manager, stand on the question.

Dana Perino
- People
- Work
- Trying
Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.

Zbigniew Brzezinski
- War
- Culture
- Fear
I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.

Mahershala Ali
- Dad
- Myself
- New York