Arthur Schopenhauer: The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak

The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that o — Arthur Schopenhauer

The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.

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