Quotes by Hungarian authors

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Small: If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldnt take him away. Maybe for a few days,
"If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldn't take him away. Maybe for a few days, but not forever"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it
"This was such an extraordinary situation that I simply could not accept it"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Now, after the Cube, I still dont have any plans to make anything like it
"Now, after the Cube, I still don't have any plans to make anything like it"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it
"Like after a nice walk when you have seen many lovely sights you decide to go home, after a while I decided it was time to go home, let us put the cubes back in order. And it was at that moment that I came face to face with the Big Challenge: What is the way home?"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: Till now man has been up against Nature from now on he will be up against his own nature
"Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature"
Dennis Gabor, Scientist
Small: The conductors gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition indeed, the union is found much m
Anton Seidl
"The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting the
Anton Seidl
"The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are
Anton Seidl
"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with com
Anton Seidl
"America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free scholarships for talented young disciples who are unable to pay the expense of study"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided
"I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the prima
"The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday"
Dennis Gabor, Scientist
Small: Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC
Andy Grove
"Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC"
Andy Grove, Businessman
Small: There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry
"There is a wonderful Hungarian literature, especially in lyric poetry"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him
"Gesualdo was very important to me, I wanted to do something which corresponded to him"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: For the past ten years I have had no financial problems
"For the past ten years I have had no financial problems"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him
"Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter
"My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists
"I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything
"I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I dont use old music
"I don't use old music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris
"But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insigni
Anton Seidl
"I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis"
Anton Seidl, Musician
Small: There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the
Andy Grove
"There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline"
Andy Grove, Businessman
Small: Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music
"Yes, fractals are what I want to find in my music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow
"If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together
"I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I only want to give a metaphysic for my music
"I only want to give a metaphysic for my music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: I like to stay home and listen to recordings
"I like to stay home and listen to recordings"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people
"But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: First of all I listen to music. I like music
"First of all I listen to music. I like music"
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer
Small: Only the paranoid survive
Andy Grove
"Only the paranoid survive"
Andy Grove, Businessman
Small: Love is a game that two can play and both win
"Love is a game that two can play and both win"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: I love the fast lane
"I love the fast lane"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly
"I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: After all the work Ive done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?
"After all the work I've done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: Ive always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms
"I've always been passionate about geometry and the study of three-dimensional forms"
Erno Rubik, Inventor
Small: The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes t
"The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: Im acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business. I was born to act, and life itself is the gre
"I'm acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business. I was born to act, and life itself is the greatest part"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental
"My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental"
Eva Gabor, Actress
Small: Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once
"Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once"
Eva Gabor, Actress