No one ever erected a statue of a critic.

- Jean Sibelius

No statue has ever been put up to a critic.

- Jean Sibelius

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

- Jean Sibelius

For me, music begins where words end.

- Jean Sibelius

Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.

- Jean Sibelius

Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water.

- Jean Sibelius

Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.

- Jean Sibelius

I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so w…

- Jean Sibelius

Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to…

- Jean Sibelius