Home » Quote » Dmitri Shostakovich » „Art destroys silence.“ „Art destroys silence.“ — Dmitri Shostakovich Tags:ArtSilence Related quotes „People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko's poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence.“ — Dmitri Shostakovich „Having to talk destroys the symphony of silence.“ — Aleister Crowley „There is not room for Death,Nor atom that his might could render void:Thou — Thou art Being and Breath,And what Thou art may never be destroyed.“ — Emily Brontë