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Musikk begynner der språkets muligheter slutter.
Jean Sibelius

Kilde

Intervju i Berlingske Tidende (10.06.1919).

Engelsk

Music begins where the possibilities of language end.

Del av

If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music begins where the possibilities of language end. That is why I write music.