Author: Franz Schubert

Quotes

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

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

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

Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.

Nobody understands another's sorrow, and nobody another's joy.

- 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

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

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

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