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Johannes Brahms quotes: One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen.

One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen.

Johannes Brahms quotes: What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings?

What would become of all historical biography if it was written only with consideration for other peoples' feelings?

Johannes Brahms quotes: To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength.

To follow in Beethoven's footsteps transcends one's strength.

Johannes Brahms quotes: The only true immortality lies in one's children.[Letter to his friend, Richard Heuberger]

The only true immortality lies in one's children.
[Letter to his friend, Richard Heuberger]

Johannes Brahms quotes: A symphony is no joke.

A symphony is no joke.

Johannes Brahms quotes: We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

Johannes Brahms quotes: Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

Johannes Brahms quotes: The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make it my own - that is where the

The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make it my own - that is where the skill lies.

Johannes Brahms quotes: It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace.

It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace.

Johannes Brahms quotes: For the shallow delights of matrimony and opera I have no courage.

For the shallow delights of matrimony and opera I have no courage.

Johannes Brahms quotes: It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.

It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.

Johannes Brahms quotes: If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.

If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.

Johannes Brahms quotes: Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it.

Never criticize the composition of a Royal Highness. You never know who may have written it.

Johannes Brahms quotes: Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you.

Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you.

Johannes Brahms quotes: I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.

I sometimes ponder on variation form and it seems to me it ought to be more restrained, purer.

Johannes Brahms quotes: How lucky is the man who, like Mozart and others, goes to the tavern of an evening and writes some fresh music. For he lives while he is creating.

How lucky is the man who, like Mozart and others, goes to the tavern of an evening and writes some fresh music. For he lives while he is creating.

Johannes Brahms quotes: If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity.

If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity.

Johannes Brahms quotes: My things really are written with an appalling lack of practicality!

My things really are written with an appalling lack of practicality!

Johannes Brahms quotes: Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates to him what he should do.

Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates to him what he should do.

Johannes Brahms quotes: Study Bach. There you will find everything.

Study Bach. There you will find everything.