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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pray to God that He might create is us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us. — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share
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
No one can bar me from joyfully proceeding on what the great masters have left us; after all, to rediscover everything again, should be… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share
People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words.… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share
And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share
