12 Quotes & Sayings By Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, particularly noted for his compositions "The Damnation of Faust" and "Symphonie fantastique". He was a prolific composer and left an impressive body of work.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all...
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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students."] Hector Berlioz
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all...
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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its stud Hector Berlioz
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Life when one first arrives is a continual mortification as one's romantic illusions are successively shattered and the musical treasure-house of one's imagination crumbles before the hopelessness of the reality. Every day fresh experiences bring fresh disappointments. Hector Berlioz
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...imagine anybody having lived forty-five or fifty years without knowing Hamlet! One might as well spend one's life in a coal mine. Hector Berlioz
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The Prince stood beside the timpanist to count his rests for him and see that he came in in the right place. I suppressed all the trumpet passages which were clearly beyond the players' grasp. The solitary trombone was left to his own devices; but as he wisely confined himself to the notes with which he was thoroughly familiar, such as A flat, D and F, and was careful to avoid all others, his success in the role was almost entirely a silent one. Hector Berlioz
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The luck of having talent is not enough one must also have a talent for luck. Hector Berlioz
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He was dying all his life. Hector Berlioz
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Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. Hector Berlioz
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At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings. Hector Berlioz
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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. Hector Berlioz
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Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love. Hector Berlioz