Mussorgsky Music Quotes & Sayings

My music must be an artistic reproduction of human speech in all its finest shades. That is, the sounds of human speech, as the external manifestations of thought and feeling must, without exaggeration or violence, become true, accurate music. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

In poetry there are two giants, rough Homer and fine Shakespere. In music likewise we have two giants, Beethoven, the thinker, and the superthinker Berlioz. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well. — Margaret J. Wheatley

The model of a composer. — Benjamin Britten

Ethics, as has been well said, are the finest fruits of humanity, but they are not its roots — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

Whoever is inspired can become great.
Whoever inspires others is already great. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The gospel of becoming a good believer cripples believers — Sunday Adelaja