I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but I also know that if Heaven had given him good ones, he must also be able to develop them properly.
This is what I think art is and what I demand of it: that it pull everyone in, that it show one person another's most intimate thoughts and feelings,… - Felix Mendelssohn
This is what I think art is and what I demand of it: that it pull everyone in, that it show one person another's most intimate thoughts and feelings,…
- Felix Mendelssohn
Pray to God that He might create is us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us. - Felix Mendelssohn
Pray to God that He might create is us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us.
Life and art are not two different things. - Felix Mendelssohn
Life and art are not two different things.
Never mind, put any book on the piano, and someone can turn from time to time, so I need not look as though I played by heart. - Felix Mendelssohn
Never mind, put any book on the piano, and someone can turn from time to time, so I need not look as though I played by heart.
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, count… - Felix Mendelssohn
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, count…
The essence of beauty is unity in variety. - Felix Mendelssohn
The essence of beauty is unity in variety.
It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise. - Felix Mendelssohn
It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise.
The trombone is too sacred for frequent use. - Felix Mendelssohn
The trombone is too sacred for frequent use.
I dislike nothing more than finding fault with a man's nature or talent; it only depresses and worries and does no good; one cannot add a cubit to on… - Felix Mendelssohn
I dislike nothing more than finding fault with a man's nature or talent; it only depresses and worries and does no good; one cannot add a cubit to on…
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