To write music is to raise a ladder without a wall to lean it against. There is no scaffolding: the building under construction is… — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, in Pacific 231 I was on the trail of a very abstract and quite ideal concept, by giving the impression… — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
I dream of a collaboration that will become so complete that, often, the poet will think as musician and the musician as poet, so… — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead. — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants. — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses. — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead. — Arthur Honegger Copy Share Image
