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1. "The only true immortality lies in one's children.[Letter to his friend, Richard Heuberger]" ~ Johannes Brahms
2. "The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make it my own - that is where the skill lies." ~ Johannes Brahms
3. "Leave off driving your composers. It might prove to be as dangerous as it is generally unnecessary. After all, composing cannot be turned out like spinning or sewing. Some respected colleagues (Bach, Mozart, Schubert) have spoilt the world terribly. But if we can't imitate them in the beauty of their writing, we should certainly beware of seeking to match the speed of their writing. It would also be unjust to put all the blame on idleness alone. Many factors combine to make writing harder for us (my contemporaries), and especially me. If, incidentally, they would use us poets for some other purpose, they would see that we are thoroughly and naturally industrious dispositions . . . . I have no time: otherwise I should love to chat on the difficulty of composing and how irresponsible publishers are." ~ Johannes Brahms
4. "Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them." ~ Johannes Brahms
5. "Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind." ~ Johannes Brahms
6. "If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon." ~ Johannes Brahms
7. "It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table." ~ Johannes Brahms
8. "We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it." ~ Johannes Brahms
9. "Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully." ~ Johannes Brahms
10. "A symphony is no joke." ~ Johannes Brahms
11. "Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind's eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestration." ~ Johannes Brahms

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-Hay muchas cosas irrevocables- dijo Harry-, pero nunca se sabe si lo son o no, hasta que se ha averiguado. Y siempre vale la pena hacerlo."
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