Classical Music
Quotes & Thinkers in Classical Music
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music
Classical period
1756–1791
"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."
31 quotes
Dmitri Shostakovich
Music
1906–1975
"People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko's poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence."
30 quotes
🇩🇪Robert Schumann
Music
1810–1856
"In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of."
4 quotes
🇬🇧Harrison Birtwistle
Music
1934–2022
"I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it."
3 quotes
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Classical period
1770–1827
"Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear."
24 quotes
🇩🇪Johannes Brahms
Music
Romantic music
1833–1897
"Brahms Institut, Lübeck Academy of Music"
11 quotes
Joseph Haydn
Music
Classicism
1732–1809
"Give Him thanks, all ye His works so wondrous! Sing His honor, sing His glory, bless and magnify His Name! Jehovah’s praise endures forevermore, Amen, Amen!."
2 quotes