Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters
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“The only true immortality lies in one's children. [Letter to his friend, Richard Heuberger]”
Source: Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters
“My things really are written with an appalling lack of practicality!”
“Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.”
Source: Letters of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, 1853-1896
“For the shallow delights of matrimony and opera I have no courage.”
“To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength.”
“If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity.”
“If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.”
“Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.”
“Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it.”
“I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.”