Date of birth: 1905-01-02
Date of death: 1998-01-08
Quotes number: 22
Nationality: English
Profession: Composer
Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.
Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater.
Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.
I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.
I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.
I think we're all pretty odd.
I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.
I've seldom become nostalgic or settled.
Music is a performance and needs the audience.
Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.
