And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to bow to it and acknowledge it and not attempt to extinguish great flames for the sake… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
First and foremost an artist should pay homage to grandness, honour and bow to it, and not try to extinguish the fierce flames of such, in an attempt to have his own feeble light shine brighter. When one isn't able… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
“I stayed at home because I prefer to be in my own room, with my own family, or in my garden — which is… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
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… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
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… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but I also… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public,… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
Never mind, put any book on the piano, and someone can turn from time to time, so I need not look as though I… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
Pray to God that He might create is us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us. — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
Such a divine profession is art! When everything else looks so stale and disgustingly vacuous, so enthralls even the littlest real effort of art… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
