Occupation: Composer Birth: May 7, 1840 Death: November 6, 1893
What I need is to believe in myself again — for my faith has been greatly undermined; it seems to me my role is over..
I like the plot of The Nutcracker - not at all..
It is already a great thing if the main ideas and general outline of a work come without any racking of brains, as the result of that supernatural an….
Music is an incomparably more powerful means and is a subtler language for expressing the thousand different moments of the soul's moods..
What I have set down in a moment of ardour I must then critically examine. Sometimes I must do myself violence before I can mercilessly erase things ….
Brahms stayed an extra day to hear my [Fifth] Symphony and was very kind ... I like his honesty and open-mindedness. Neither he nor the players liked….
Music possesses much richer means of expression and it is a more subtle medium for translating the 1000 shifting moments of the feelings of the soul..
There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond….
Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made..
The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity.