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I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can. — Franz Schubert

With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart. — Tom Wopat

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief. — Franz Schubert

A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of music. — Gian Carlo Menotti

The reason why Schubert is celebrated so much today, lies rather in the fact that there has been nobody else like him - not before him, not after him. — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

I want you for always ... days, years, eternities. — Franz Schubert

The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act. — Franz Schubert

O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life you have left in our souls! — Franz Schubert

I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature. — Anne Stevenson

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote. — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy. — Franz Schubert

But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow. — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

desperately needed to practice her German, because she couldn't sing Schubert's songs in English for — Sarah Lark

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves. — Franz Schubert

We were at the Schubert Theater for two years. And we were the first act. — Eydie Gorme

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me. — Franz Schubert

Truth will flourish in fantasy, only to wither and die in what you are pleased to call reality. — Bernard Schubert

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. — Franz Schubert

Schubert Impromptus that Louise Bogan gave me - Opus 90 and Opus 142, Gieseking. — May Sarton

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning. — George Steiner

A man endures misfortune without complaint. — Franz Schubert

Anyone who loves music can never be quite unhappy. — Franz Schubert

The moment is supreme. — Franz Schubert

Chopin has done for the piano what Schubert has done for the voice. — Frederic Chopin

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife. — Franz Schubert

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house. — Franz Schubert

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part. — Franz Schubert

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. — Franz Schubert

My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delight were born of my deepest griefs. — Franz Schubert

I am in the world only for the purpose of composing. — Franz Schubert

What a picture of a better world you have given us, Mozart! — Franz Schubert

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic. — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy. — Franz Schubert

The guitar is a wonderful instrument which is understood by few. — Franz Schubert

When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love. — Franz Schubert

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy. — Franz Schubert

There is no such thing as happy music. — Franz Schubert

If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a greater reverence for you than I have. — Franz Schubert

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come. — Franz Schubert

Why does God endow us with compassion? — Franz Schubert

I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.' — Yoko Ono

One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art? — Franz Schubert

Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Berg imply a type of pianist who is intellectual. That's not always associated with female soloists. — Jeffrey Tate

Love is in the air these days, so we thought we'd give a try to make your day a little brighter. — Franz Schubert

Those who are born of grief give greatest delight to the outside world. — Franz Schubert

Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters. — Carson McCullers

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion. — Franz Schubert

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done. — Franz Schubert

Henry rested, possessed of many pills
& gin & whiskey. He put up his feet
& switched on Schubert,
His tranquility lasted five minutes. — Jerome W. Berryman

Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range, — Artur Schnabel