Liszt Quotes
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Liszt Quotes & Sayings
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A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.
— Franz Liszt
Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.
— Franz Liszt
I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.
— Franz Liszt
By the grace of God and with His help, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart in composition
— Bedrich Smetana
Liszt was a bit of a rock and roller at heart, but he was a bit of a puritan on his sounds.
— Rick Wakeman
Beethoven and Liszt have contributed to the advent of long hair.
— Louis Moreau Gottschalk
The brake and gas were rigged to suit a man of his stature, and he handled them like Horowitz sailing through a storm of Liszt.
— Michael Chabon
The public is always good.
— Franz Liszt
When you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como.
— Franz Liszt
Truth is a great flirt.
— Franz Liszt
Mozart starved, but you allow Thalberg and Liszt make tons of gold: Of course, you may think that someone immortal cannot die of hunger
— Franz Grillparzer
Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.
— James Huneker
Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.
— Franz Liszt
Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.
— Franz Liszt
Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.
— Franz Liszt
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
— Franz Liszt
It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.
— Franz Liszt
At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.
— Andre Boucourechliev
Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.
— Franz Liszt
He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child.(on Liszt) — Clara Schumann
Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.
— Franz Liszt
It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.
— Franz Liszt
In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.
— Franz Liszt
My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.
— Franz Liszt
One of my principal childhood memories is hearing one of the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies waft throughout the house.
— Katharine Graham
