"I know perfectly well that no musician can……" — Felix Mendelssohn
"I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but I also know that if Heaven had given him good ones, he must also be able to develop them properly."
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Felix Mendelssohn
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12 Quotes by Felix Mendelssohn
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People usually complain that music is so ambiguous, and what they are supposed to think when they hear it is…
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Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because…
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Life and art are not two different things....
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It's not that music is too imprecise for words, but too precise....
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The trombone is too sacred for frequent use.
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This is what I think art is and what I demand of it: that it pull everyone in, that it…
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And do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what…
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Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us…
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These seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul…
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People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear,…
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