I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

- Benjamin Britten

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.

- Benjamin Britten

One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.

- Benjamin Britten

Composing is like driving down a foggy road.

- Benjamin Britten

The model of a composer.

- Benjamin Britten

These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more.

- Benjamin Britten

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.

- Benjamin Britten

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of…

- Benjamin Britten

I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is …

- Benjamin Britten