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Experience is a form of paralysis.
I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.
I have never written a note I didn't mean.
I am tired of always dying with a broken heart.
Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.
I took to my room and let small things evolve slowly.
Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux
My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.
I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.
We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut.
Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.
I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.
When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing.
When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything.
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry.
We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours. It is another school....We are not familiar with their didactic works. Perhaps they don't have any.
Last year I gave several lectures on "Intelligence and Musicality among Animals" ... Today I am going to speak to you about "Intelligence and Musicality among Critics" ... The subject is much the same, with some modifications, of course.
I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless).