#rhythm

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#ear #engage #equal #fiction #inner

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm. ↗

— Eddie Mathews

#called #hitch #hitting #only #rhythm

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#efforts #enable #express #her #him

The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture. ↗

— John McLaughlin

#belong #culture #mathematics #particular #rhythm

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#balance #harmony #intensity #matter #order

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#dynamic #especially #into #kind #orchestra

I always say that I am very proud of the work that I did with the Rolling Stones and that I am also proud of what I have done with the Rhythm Kings. ↗

— Bill Wyman

#always #am #did #done #i