Famous quotes by Composers

"I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy"

Carter Burwell, Composer

"Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. As I now count on your understanding"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"An operetta is simply a small and gay opera"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"Discipline, work. Work, discipline"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos"

Gustav Mahler, Composer

"I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which, with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there"

Pierre Schaeffer, Composer

"The impressionists, Debussy, Faure, in France, did take a few steps forward"

Pierre Schaeffer, Composer

"Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity"

Zoltan Kodaly, Composer

"The whole problem of the sound-work is distancing oneself from the dramatic"

Pierre Schaeffer, Composer

"I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as I was doing Concrete - I was doing both at the same time"

Pierre Schaeffer, Composer

"Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in Western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?"

Pierre Schaeffer, Composer

"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces"

Edgard Varese, Composer

"We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound"

Zoltan Kodaly, Composer

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