Arvo Part Quotes

“Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.”

“I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear this prism could be the spirit of the listener. ”

“Tintinnabulation is an area I sometimes wander into when I am searching for answers - in my life, my music, my work. In my dark hours, I have the certain feeling that everything outside this one thing has no meaning.”

“You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, then maybe there is also the sound that is opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very big. And you are free--you can choose. In art everything is possible, but everything is not necessary.”

“Over and over I played her favorite Arvo Pärt, as a way of being with her; and she had only to mention recently read novel for me to grab it up hungrily, to be inside her thoughts, a sort of telepathy”

“When we have loved, that loving part is the best part of any and every day.”

“I am a part of you, and the part of me, that is a part of you, will always be a part of you. That part will never leave you.”

“Even though I have not yet met you, you are part of me and I am part of you.”

“Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.”

“Success is three parts hard work and one part serendipity”