1.

It is not difficult to compose music, but it is extremely difficult to eliminate unnecessary notes. ——Brahms

2.

It is best to create real situations rather than copy them. ——Verdi

3.

The best music is the kind of music that can make the best and most educated people happy, especially those who are good in character and morality. The most excellent person in cultivation is happy. ——Plato

4.

It is the people who really create music, and the composer just arranges them into music. ——Glinka

5.

In real music, it is full of a thousand spiritual feelings, which is much better than words. ——Mendelssohn

6.

Art, like life, is endless. Therefore, there is nothing that can make us think that there is something better than music that is the ocean of the times.

——Romain Rolland