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I liked the opera very much. ...

I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

I am an arrogant and impatien...

I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

These two are not two, love h...

These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

Composing is like driving dow...

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

These two are not two Love ha...

These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

The old idea of a composer su...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

It is cruel, you know, that m...

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

It is cruel, you know, that mu...

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

These two are not two, love ha...

These two are not two, love has made them one. Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery each is no less but more.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

It is cruel, you know, that mu...

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

I am an arrogant and impatient...

I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is my own fault. Verdi is one of those composers.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

I liked the opera very much. E...

I liked the opera very much. Everything but the music.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

One day I'll be able to relax ...

One day I'll be able to relax a bit, and try and become a good composer.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

Composing is like driving down...

Composing is like driving down a foggy road.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

It is cruel, you know, that mu...

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

The model of a composer....

The model of a composer.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

Music does not excite until it...

Music does not excite until it is performed.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

Composing is like driving down...

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

[Music has] the beauty of disa...

[Music has] the beauty of disappointment & never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & everlasting beauty of monotony.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

These two are not two Love has...

These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.

Benjamin Britten 25 quotes

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