Quotes by : Franz Liszt

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most....

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which....

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

Beware of missing chances otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but....

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.

Truth is a great flirt.

The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without....