I came across this beautiful quote by painter Wassily Kandinsky in describing painting. 

Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammers, the soul is the piano with many strings.  The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another…to cause vibrations in the soul.

Kandinsky even said that when he saw color, he heard music.  I’m not a huge fan of his paintings, but reading this quote has caused me to look at them in a different way.  Here are a few: