Jean Sibelius quotes:
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Pay no attention to what the critics say;
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Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art
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Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been a statue set up in honour of a critic.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public pure cold water.
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Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.
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For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony,
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No statue has ever been put up to a critic.
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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.
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Music begins where the possibilities of language end.
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Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.
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If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.
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All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead,
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For me, music begins where words end.
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The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.
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It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.
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No one ever erected a statue of a critic.