Gioachino Rossini Professions : ComposerBorn : February 29, 1792Died : November 13, 1868 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Gioachino Rossini The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart. Gioachino Rossini generationscommonheart Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind. Gioachino Rossini musicinspirationalfunny Eating, loving, singing, and digesting are, in truth, the four acts of the comic opera known as life, and they pass like bubbles of a bottle of champagne. Whoever lets them break without having enjoyed them is a complete fool. Gioachino Rossini singingbottleslife How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. Gioachino Rossini pianomusicfunny One can't judge Wagner's opera Lohengrin after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time. Gioachino Rossini operajudgingtime Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to music. Gioachino Rossini listsmusicgiving Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity. Gioachino Rossini musicinspiration Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour. Gioachino Rossini musichumorfunny Music is a kind of harmonious language. Gioachino Rossini music-islanguagekind Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity, whether it be the presence of a copyist waiting for your work or the prodding of an impresario tearing his hair. Gioachino Rossini inspirationwaitinghair Beethoven I take twice a week, Haydn four times, and Mozart every day. Gioachino Rossini weekfour Answer them critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . . Gioachino Rossini argumentsilenceanswers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge asgenius, and as much genius as knowledge. Gioachino Rossini amadeusmusiciangenius If Beethoven is a prodigy of man, Bach is a miracle of God. Gioachino Rossini prodigiesmiraclemen Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour. Gioachino Rossini hourbadmomentsbeautiful Wagner is a composer who has beautiful moments but awful quarter hours. Gioachino Rossini whohoursmomentsbeautiful Similar Authors Igor Stravinsky composer Irving Berlin composer Brian Ferneyhough composer Bryce Dessner composer Bradley Joseph composer Boudleaux Bryant composerAll Authors
