A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
In plain words
A painter uses colors. A musician uses silence to paint a picture.
Where these words come from
- 55% sureLots of sources credit Leopold Stokowski with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Address at Carnegie Hall as reported in The New York Times, May 11, 1967 — a news report of the speech, not a primary transcript; held at likely per the house news-tier precedent.
- 1967 · Carnegie Hall, New York · address to an audience
