Which of the two powers, Love or Music, can elevate man to the sublimest heights? ... It is a problem, and yet… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children. — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
It is not enough that the artist should be well prepared for the public. The public must be well prepared for what it is… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students." [ Letter, November 1856 ]” — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
Heine commenting on the music of Louis Hector Berlioz: He is an immense nightingale, a lark as great as an eagle. . . .… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
“One evening we were exploring the Baths of Caracalla together, while debating the question of merit or demerit in human behaviour and its rewards… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
“A life without once reading Hamlet is like a life spent in a coal mine.” — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
It is so rare...to find a complete person, with a soul, a heart and an imagination; so rare for characters as ardent and restless… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
A feeble mind, conscious of its own feebleness, grows feeble under that very consciousness. As soon as the power of fear becomes known to… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
