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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/i-don-t-want-to-write-a-mass-before-being-in-a-state-to-do-it-well/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

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## More by Georges Bizet

> [As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/as-a-musician-i-tell-you-that-if-you-were-to-suppress-adultery/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/i-want-to-do-nothing-chic-i-want-to-have-ideas-before-beginning-a/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [“Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/religion-is-a-means-of-exploitation-employed-by-the-strong-against/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [Ah, music! What a beautiful art! But what a wretched profession!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/ah-music-what-a-beautiful-art-but-what-a-wretched-profession/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/love-is-rebellious-bird-that-nobody-can-tame-and-it-s-all-in-vain-to/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/religion-is-a-means-of-exploitation-employed-by-the-strong-against-2/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche commenting on the music of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/friedrich-wilhelm-nietzsche-commenting-on-the-music-of-georges-bizet/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/i-don-t-want-to-write-a-mass-before-being-in-a-state-to-do-it-well/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [“In 1857, Bizet departed for Rome and spent three years there. He studied the landscape, the culture, Italian literature and art. Musically he studied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/in-1857-bizet-departed-for-rome-and-spent-three-years-there-he/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [I lived in Italy for three years and wanted no part of the country's disreputable way of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/i-lived-in-italy-for-three-years-and-wanted-no-part-of-the-country-s/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/what-a-beautiful-art-but-what-a-wretched-profession/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

> [Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bizet/religion-is-a-means-of-exploitation-employed-by-the-strong-against-3/)

[Georges Bizet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bizet/)

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