Bach is Bach just as God is God.

- Hector Berlioz

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love

- Hector Berlioz

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

- Hector Berlioz

To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an al…

- Hector Berlioz

Music and love are the wings of the soul.

- Hector Berlioz

Which of the two powers, Love or Music, can elevate man to the sublimest heights? ... It is a problem, and yet it seems to me that this is the answer…

- Hector Berlioz

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

- Hector Berlioz

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

- Hector Berlioz

It is not enough that the artist should be well prepared for the public. The public must be well prepared for what it is going to hear.

- Hector Berlioz