Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.More Hector Berlioz quotes [10/14/2011 01:10:52]

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: 'Love can give no idea of music; music can give an idea of love.' ... Why separate them? They are two wings of the soul.More Hector Berlioz quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy.More Hector Berlioz quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. (Le temps est un grand maître, dit-on; le malheur est qu'il soit un maître inhumain qui tue ses élèves.)More Hector Berlioz quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

If men of genius only knew what love their works inspire!More Hector Berlioz quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]