Quote by Graeme Simsion

“All Bach's last movements are like the running of a sewing machine. (on Bach)”

— Arnold Bax

“You're the kind of child who might develop a passion for Bach." I told him I hadn't at school. The one Bach piece I…

— Dodie Smith

“Bach’s music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded a complete failure.”

— Emil Cioran

Whenever you study composition you inevitably encounter Bach right off the bat. You can't get across the room without running into him and the…

— Howard Roberts

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear,…

— Pablo Casals

“I'm convinced that Bach is the greatest genius who ever walked among us, and the Brandenburgs are what he wrote when he was happy.”

— Douglas Adams

On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard.

— Johann Sebastian Bach

I see it as my job to try to keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional…

— Nigel Kennedy

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear,…

— Pablo Casals

There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing.…

— Edward Weston

Perhaps the most serious complaint you could make about Bach is that he has every quality of humanity except imperfection.

— Jeremy Denk

“Argue for your limitations and they're yours. Richard Bach”

— Tess Hilmo