Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent

The saying frames music as a medium for experiences that exceed ordinary language: emotions, intuitions, and inner states that are too complex or ambiguous to be captured in precise verbal propositions. At the same time, it suggests an ethical or psychological pressure toward expression—some feelings “cannot remain silent,” and music provides a socially shareable form for what would otherwise be incommunicable. The quote thus elevates music’s role from ornament to necessity: not merely entertainment, but a vehicle for truth of a different kind than discursive argument. It also implies a limit to rational articulation, proposing that art can speak where words fail.