Jean Sibelius
Music begins where the possibilities of language end.Collection: Music
If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.Collection: World
If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music begins where the possibilities of language end. That is why I write music.Collection: Writing
Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces.Collection: Beautiful
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.Collection: Confidence
Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water.Collection: Water
All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead.Collection: Doctors
Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.Collection: World
Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.Collection: Swans
I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.Collection: Sleep
The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.Collection: Strong
For me, music begins where words end.Collection: Ends
For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony.Collection: Doors
It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.Collection: Artist
No statue has ever been put up to a critic.Collection: Critics
No one ever erected a statue of a critic.Collection: Critics