Jason Becker

I spend time editing and massaging each note. Then I start layering with different instruments, adding harmonies, counterpoint, and whatever the song calls for. Then I arrange it into a whole piece, and decide where I need to add live musicians. It takes a lot of time, but it is very satisfying once it is complete.

American Musician

Kate Christensen

After a day of writing, I love nothing more than to go into my kitchen and start chopping onions and garlic on the way to cooking an improvised meal with whatever ingredients are on hand. Cooking is the perfect counterpoint to writing. I find it more relaxing than anything else, even naps, walks, or hot baths.

American Novelist

Zhou Qunfei

A round or a square product was easily made, except for an oval one, at that time when watch industry mainly relied on hand-made or semi-automatic equipments. It is like the printing and coat film of the mobile phone, which is difficult to realize counterpoint.

Chinese Businesswoman

Hans Hofmann

Color is a plastic means of creating intervals... color harmonics produced by special relationships, or tensions. We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.

German Artist

Rachel Hollis

Being a boss takes guts and tenacity. Being a boss takes hustle and strength. Getting to the level of boss takes hard work - often times, harder than our male counterpoint because in many industries, we're fighting our way into a boys' club.

American Author

Mike Figgis

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

English Director

Karen O

I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living.

South Korean Musician

Anish Kapoor

The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story.

Indian Artist

Krzysztof Penderecki

I started studying counterpoint and theory with a physicist whose hobby was music.

Polish Composer

Jonathan Levine

I really like it when movies take a song and use it to counterpoint a scene.

American Director

Counterpoint adds intrigue or piquancy to something, often by being contrasting or unexpected.

Enhancing Interest

Counterpoint can involve a surprising combination that works well together, creating a unique effect.

Unexpected Pairing

In visual arts, counterpoint creates a visual balance by contrasting elements, adding depth.

Visual Harmony

In music, counterpoint weaves independent melodies together, each retaining its own identity.

Musical Texture

Musical counterpoint often involves playing or singing different tunes simultaneously that are harmonically interdependent.

Contrasting Lines

Counterpoint has a rich history in music, particularly in Baroque compositions, which shows its timeless quality.

Historical Influence

 They understand the value of the second life of products. So, I think thrift is a perfect counterpoint to the current age which we live in. All of our current products are replaceable. When we get that bright, new, shiny toy, it's because, basically, we got rid of the old one.

To eliminate waste, we...

 what would a velarium for our time be I want a gathering space laced into the fabric of the city as a soft counterpoint to hard edge buildings in conversation with changing weather