Royal Highness Quotes by Johannes Brahms

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• Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy…
• If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
• It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.
• Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the…
• A symphony is no joke.
• Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye,…
• We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we…
• One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen.
• Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you.
• The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make…
• Study Bach. There you will find everything.
• The fact that most people do not understand and respect the very best things, such as Mozart's concertos, is what permits men…

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