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> [I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but I also know that if Heaven had given him good ones, he must also be able to develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-know-perfectly-well-that-no-musician-can-make-his-thoughts-or-his/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

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## More by Felix Mendelssohn

> [Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/though-everything-else-may-appear-shallow-and-repulsive-even-the/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/it-s-not-that-music-is-too-imprecise-for-words-but-too-precise/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [“I stayed at home because I prefer to be in my own room, with my own family, or in my garden — which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-stayed-at-home-because-i-prefer-to-be-in-my-own-room-with-my-own/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Life and art are not two different things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/life-and-art-are-not-two-different-things/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/this-is-what-i-think-art-is-and-what-i-demand-of-it-that-it-pull/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-dislike-nothing-more-than-finding-fault-with-a-man-s-nature-or/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/i-know-perfectly-well-that-no-musician-can-make-his-thoughts-or-his/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/ever-since-i-began-to-compose-i-have-remained-true-to-my-starting/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Never mind, put any book on the piano, and someone can turn from time to time, so I need not look as though I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/never-mind-put-any-book-on-the-piano-and-someone-can-turn-from-time/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [These, too, seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/these-too-seem-to-me-so-ambiguous-so-vague-so-easily-misunderstood-in/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Pray to God that He might create is us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/pray-to-god-that-he-might-create-is-us-a-clean-heart-and-renew-a/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [Such a divine profession is art! When everything else looks so stale and disgustingly vacuous, so enthralls even the littlest real effort of art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/such-a-divine-profession-is-art-when-everything-else-looks-so-stale/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [No one can bar me from joyfully proceeding on what the great masters have left us; after all, to rediscover everything again, should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/no-one-can-bar-me-from-joyfully-proceeding-on-what-the-great-masters/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/people-often-complain-that-music-is-too-ambiguous-that-what-they/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

> [And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-mendelssohn/and-do-you-agree-with-me-that-the-first-condition-of-an-artist-should/)

[Felix Mendelssohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-mendelssohn/)

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