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Jean Sibelius Quotes

1865–1957 Finland

Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957) was a Finnish composer known particularly for his symphonies and tone poems. He adopted the name Jean in early adulthood.

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Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water.

The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.

If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.

It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.

I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.

Never pay any attention to what critics say…Remember, a statue has never been set up in honour of a critic!

Music is for me like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces.

Art is the signature of civilizations.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean Sibelius (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.