Quotes by Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist

Lived from: 1913 - 1976

Category: Music | Politics Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 22 november 1913 Died: 4 december 1976

  • It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
  • Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.

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  • Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.
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  • It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
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  • The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
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  • These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.
    Letters from a Life Volume 3
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