Hector Berlioz
Pioneer of program music with Symphonie Fantastique, Berlioz innovated orchestration, quipping that time is the best author, but also the worst publisher.
Quotes by Hector Berlioz
The soul of music is in its silence.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings, only one thing endures—character.
Rome is the city of the soul.
A composer should write as one speaks.
The artist must be a solitary soul.
Passion is the fire that forges genius.
Why should I deny that I cannot keep silent about my own work? It is my child.
Music is the poetry of the air.
The conductor is the high priest of music.
Life without music is like a body without a soul.
Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.
The piano is the king of instruments.
Revolution in music is inevitable.
My heart is a lonely hunter.
Symphonies are landscapes of the soul.
Criticism is the art of knowing how little we know.
The muse visits only the prepared mind.
Opera is the excess of music.
In art, as in love, instinct is enough.
The score is the map, but the performance is the journey.