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Gustav Holst
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“Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.”
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) said by 1934 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in Imogen Holst The Music of Gustav Holst (1951) p. 73 as "His favourite piece of advice".
“Always ask for advice but never take it.”
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) said by 1934 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Paul Holmes Holst (1997) p. 106.
“If nobody likes your work, you have to go on just for the sake of the work. And you're in no danger of letting the public make you repeat yourself. Every artist ought to pray that he may not be "a success". If he's a failure he stands a good chance of concentrating upon the best work of which he's capable.”
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) said by 1934 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remark to Clifford Bax, reported in Imogen Holst Gustav Holst: A Biography (1969) p. 81.
“One of the advantages of being over forty is that one begins to learn the difference between knowing and realising.”
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to W G Whittaker, 1914, quoted in Paul Holmes Holst p. 62.
“Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity.”
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to W G Whittaker, 1914, quoted in Paul Holmes Holst p. 62.
“The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind to acquire some comprehension of the vastness of space where rational understanding fails.”
Gustav Holst (1874–1934) first seen 1874 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Michael Short, Gustav Holst 1874-1934: A Centenary Documentation