Edvard Grieg
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home.Collection: Home
Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.
To have the ability to withdraw into oneself and forget everything around one when one is creating - What, I think is the only requirement for being able to bring forth something beautiful. The whole thing is - a mystery.Collection: Beautiful
I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it.Collection: Taste
Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wantedto build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at homeCollection: Music
When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them.Collection: Real
I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched.Collection: School
In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct.Collection: Mind
A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms.Collection: Clouds