“In its dream of the triumph of reason and science, the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century failed in its hope of sweeping away old legends and superstitions like these—partly because the next generation, the Romantics, would condemn the reign of… — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
“Without suffering there is no struggle, without struggle no victory, without victory no crown." Maria van Beethoven (Beethoven's mom)” — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
“Perhaps an eternal law of art is that, for everything discovered, something of value is forgotten.” — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
“Part of what Brahms and others could never quite get over was that Bruckner the composer of epic symphonies behaved, much of the time,… — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
“In its dream of the triumph of reason and science, the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century failed in its hope of sweeping away old… — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
“What elevates one and not another to the level of genius is not only talent and ambition and luck, but a gift for turning… — Jan Swafford Copy Share Image
