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> [These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand things better than words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/these-too-seem-to-me-so-ambiguous-so-vague-so-easily-misunderstood-in/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

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> [People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/people-often-complain-that-music-is-too-ambiguous-that-what-they/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/though-everything-else-may-appear-shallow-and-repulsive-even-the/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/it-s-not-that-music-is-too-imprecise-for-words-but-too-precise/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [“I stayed at home because I prefer to be in my own room, with my own family, or in my garden — which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-stayed-at-home-because-i-prefer-to-be-in-my-own-room-with-my-own/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Life and art are not two different things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/life-and-art-are-not-two-different-things/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/this-is-what-i-think-art-is-and-what-i-demand-of-it-that-it-pull/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-dislike-nothing-more-than-finding-fault-with-a-man-s-nature-or/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-know-perfectly-well-that-no-musician-can-make-his-thoughts-or-his/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/ever-since-i-began-to-compose-i-have-remained-true-to-my-starting/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/never-mind-put-any-book-on-the-piano-and-someone-can-turn-from-time/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/these-too-seem-to-me-so-ambiguous-so-vague-so-easily-misunderstood-in/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Pray to God that He might create is us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/pray-to-god-that-he-might-create-is-us-a-clean-heart-and-renew-a/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Such a divine profession is art! When everything else looks so stale and disgustingly vacuous, so enthralls even the littlest real effort of art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/such-a-divine-profession-is-art-when-everything-else-looks-so-stale/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [No one can bar me from joyfully proceeding on what the great masters have left us; after all, to rediscover everything again, should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/no-one-can-bar-me-from-joyfully-proceeding-on-what-the-great-masters/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/people-often-complain-that-music-is-too-ambiguous-that-what-they/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/and-do-you-agree-with-me-that-the-first-condition-of-an-artist-should/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

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