37 Quotes by Charles Ives

If a poet knows more about a horse than he does about heaven, he might better stick to the horse, and some day the horse may carry him into heaven.

You cannot set art off in a corner and hope for it to have vitality, reality, and substance.

One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world

Everyone should have the opportunity of not being over-influenced.

All melodious poets shall be hoarse as street ballads, when once the penetrating keynote of nature and spirit is sounded-the earth-beat, sea-beat, heart-beat, which make the tune to which the sun rolls, and the globule of blood and the sap of the trees.

Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity.

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's.

Most of the forward movements of life in general ... have been the work of essentially religiously-minded people.