Author: Franz Schubert

Quotes

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves.

- Franz Schubert

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.

- Franz Schubert

When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.

When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.

- Franz Schubert

One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?

One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?

- Franz Schubert

Why does God endow us with compassion?

Why does God endow us with compassion?

- Franz Schubert

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.

- Franz Schubert

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy.

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy.

- Franz Schubert

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again, and every morning renews my grief.

- Franz Schubert

I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.

I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.

- Franz Schubert

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