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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

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

It is better to be silent and be real than to talk and not be real. — Ignatius Of Antioch

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

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

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. — Elbert Hubbard

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

The signers of the Declaration of Independence and the framers of the Constitution were inspired from on high to do that work. — Brigham Young

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

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

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

We don't really remember where we came from, and we're not too sure about where we go to, if we are, after this thing we call life. — Frederick Lenz

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

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. — Thomas Paine

Freedom is a hard-bought thing. — Paul Robeson

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

A symphony is no joke. — Johannes Brahms

To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing, — Hypatia

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

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

Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you. — Johannes Brahms

But is it likely? No. — Isaac Sharpe

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

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

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

The simplest carbon dioxide removal approach is to plant a tree, — Ken Caldeira

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

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

Study Bach. There you will find everything. — Johannes Brahms

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence. — Nathaniel Parker Willis