The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy. — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
In the oldest chronicles of the times conserved in Hungary, reports will be found of Gypsy music, but never of any other,… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
The first impulse of a great number of civilized musicians... is to protest ourdeclaration that the music in Hungary belongs to the… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
“I love you sometimes foolishly and at these moments I do not understand that I could not, would not, and should not be so… — Franz Liszt Copy Share
I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks as well, stand in no further need of my… — Franz Liszt Copy Share
Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing. — Franz Liszt Copy Share
Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice. — Franz Liszt Copy Share
It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me. — Franz Liszt Copy Share
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art… — Franz Liszt Copy Share
Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's… — Franz Liszt Copy Share
The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to… — Franz Liszt Copy Share
Music is never stationary; successive forms and styles are only like so many resting-places - like tents pitched and taken down again on the… — Franz Liszt Copy Share
We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who… — Franz Liszt Copy Share
Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless. — Franz Liszt Copy Share
