Benjamin Britten Quotes

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house.
Benjamin Britten

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.
Benjamin Britten

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.
Benjamin Britten

These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more.
Benjamin Britten

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Benjamin Britten Quotes

Type: Composer Quotes Category: English Composer Quotes Date of Birth: November 22, 1913 Date of Death: December 4, 1976 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Benjamin Britten Related Authors: Gavin Bryars Michael Tippett Fred Frith Peter Maxwell Davies Anne Dudley Thomas Beecham Rupert Holmes Kevin Ayers Peter Warlock	Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house-the color of the slates and bricks, the shape of the windows. The notes are the bricks and the mortar of the house. Benjamin Britten It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony. Benjamin Britten The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. Benjamin Britten These two are not two Love has made them one Amo Ergo Sum! And by its mystery Each is no less but more. Benjamin Britten