Stirling S Newberry wrote:

>Tim Mahon wonders who said:
>
>>"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is
>>impossible to be silent."
>
>The tide moves more sand than a fist can hold.  It is better to speak
>metaphorically about certain topics than to attempt false precision.
>Perhaps the definition of music offered is inadequeate as a definition,
>but useful for capturing the sense of the idea.

Since I haven't seen it on this thread yet, I'll recall Nietzsche's

   "Without music, life would be a mistake."

Walter Meyer