All Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes
- One has to get through a big pile of mail every day. I don't pass my letters on to a secretary; rather, I try to… All
- Some critics have written that I wanted to teach through singing. Not at all. I was learning I went to school every time I gave… All
- In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic. Atmosphere
- Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up, to sharpen their… Each
- The reason why Schubert is celebrated so much today, lies rather in the fact that there has been nobody else like him - not before… Been
- The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it. Book
- I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and… Always Tried
- The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire… Bit
- All music has to speak in some form or other. All
- And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors;… Close
- Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist… Acquired
- But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow. Alive
- If you only do little clusters - three or four songs by one, and another, and then yet another - you lose the opportunity to… All
- In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of… Artist
- It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath. Breath
- Many, many composers have only found their way to a certain form, through familiarizing themselves with texts. Certain
- When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all… All
- Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote. Absolutely
- But the thing that will always occupy me the most is music. Always Occupy
- Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have… Admittedly
- Particularly at around the age of 70 you reach a stage where you have to be very careful. If, at that point, you abandon the… Abandon
- Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to… Behalf
- Unfortunately, it happens all too seldom that you really disappear behind a work, that you are no longer audible as an interpreter. All
- What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out. Concern
- With creative people, truly new horizons open up. Creative