Hector Berlioz's Quotes

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.