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Hector Berlioz Quotes



Quotes by Hector Berlioz - (7 quotes)

Hector Berlioz - From the Emotion category:

Agonies thrilled through me as if my blood were running ice cold in my veins. I stopped composing. My mind became feebler as my feelings grew more intense. (Hector Berlioz)

Hector Berlioz - From the Humility category:

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. (Hector Berlioz)

Hector Berlioz - From the Ideas category:

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. (Hector Berlioz)

Hector Berlioz - From the Love category:

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love. (Hector Berlioz)

Hector Berlioz - From the Music category:

The trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments... it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from religious, calm and imposing accents to savage, orgiastic outburst. (Hector Berlioz)

Hector Berlioz - From the Talent category:

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. (Hector Berlioz)

Hector Berlioz - From the Time category:

Time, time - that is our greatest master! Alas, like Ugolino, time devours its own children. (Hector Berlioz)