Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Most popular Russian composer, master of melody
Most quoted
"I am passionately fond of the winter and I find that it has an invigorating effect on me until January; but from that time onwards I find the length of it unbearable."
— from Letter, 1878
"I would like with all the strength of my soul for my music to spread, for the number of people who love it, who find consolation and strength in it, to increase."
— from Letter, 1878
"There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest does not always respond to the first invitation."
— from Letter, 1878
All quotes by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (387)
My life is a constant struggle between the desire for solitude and the need for human society.
I have never in my life felt so much in love with my work as I do now.
Music is indeed the most beautiful of all arts.
I am an artist, and I must create.
I am a Russian, and I love my country with all my heart.
I am a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.
I live only for my music.
I am a composer, and I must compose.
I am a recluse by nature.
I am a dreamer, and I live in a world of my own.
I am a pessimist by conviction, but an optimist by temperament.
I am a man of contradictions.
I am a lonely man.
I am a simple man, and I love simple things.
I am a child of nature.
I am a wanderer.
My nerves are completely shattered.
I am writing this in a state of complete exhaustion.
I feel a great longing for home.
I am working with great enthusiasm.
Contemporaries of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Other Musics born within 50 years of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893).