I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a singular course to reconcile my ideas with the exigencies of Academy rules. They ask me… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece. — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
“Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice . . . . Truth breaks free, science is popularized, and religion totters; soon it will fall, in the course of centuries--that is, tomorrow. . . . In good time we shall only have to deal with reason. [ From Bizet, by William Dean. Colier Books, 1962 ]” — Georges Bizet Copy Share
Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse. — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice. — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche commenting on the music of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
“In 1857, Bizet departed for Rome and spent three years there. He studied the landscape, the culture, Italian literature and art. Musically he studied… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
I lived in Italy for three years and wanted no part of the country's disreputable way of life. — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice . .… — Georges Bizet Copy Share Image
