"Time, time - that is our greatest master!……" — Hector Berlioz
"Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children."
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14 Quotes by Hector Berlioz
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Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.
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At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.
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The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.
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It is difficult to put into words what I suffered-the longing that seemed to be tearing my heart out by…
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It is so rare...to find a complete person, with a soul, a heart and an imagination; so rare for characters…
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Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love
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In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the…
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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. (Le temps est un grand maître, dit-on; le…
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Which of the two powers, Love or Music, can elevate man to the sublimest heights? ... It is a problem,…
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Heine commenting on the music of Louis Hector Berlioz: He is an immense nightingale, a lark as great as an…
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Music and love are the wings of the soul.
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The trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments... it has all the serious and powerful tones…
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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
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