The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind to acquire some comprehension of the vastness of space where rational understanding fails. — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity. — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
I’ve learned what ‘classical’ means. It means something that sings and dances through sheer joy of existence. — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
The Heavenly Spheres make music for us, The Holy Twelve dance with us, All things join in the dance! Ye who dance not, know… — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
There is no room in music for the second-rate - it might just as well be the nineteenth-rate. — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of being over forty is that one begins to learn the difference between knowing and realising. — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
Failure is the most important part of an artist's training, and one you cannot afford to do without. — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the… — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you. — Gustav Holst Copy Share Image
