Gyorgy Ligeti was a famous Composer from Hungary, who lived between May 28, 1923 and June 12, 2006. He/she became 83 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable.
Our collection contains 26 quotes who is written / told by Gyorgy.
26 Famous quotes by Gyorgy Ligeti
"In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity"
"First of all I listen to music. I like music"
"Then, after the war it was impossible to travel, after so many years of Hitler and Stalin"
"Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully"
"People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years"
"When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in Budapest, when I was a refugee"
"Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man"
"Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland"
"New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock"
"I don't read such boring things. Life is too short"
"I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided"
"There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry"
"Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him"
"For the past ten years I have had no financial problems"
"Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him"
"My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter"
"I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists"
"I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything"
"I don't use old music"
"But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris"
"Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music"
"If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow"
"I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together"
"I only want to give a metaphysic for my music"
"I like to stay home and listen to recordings"
"But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people"
