Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Jean Sibelius

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often credited with having helped Finland develop a national identity during its struggle for independence from Russia.

Finnish - Composer | December 8, 1865 - September 20, 1957

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If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music begins where the possibilities of language end. That is why I write music.

Jean Sibelius

Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.

Jean Sibelius

Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces.

Jean Sibelius

Music begins where the possibilities of language end.

Jean Sibelius

I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.

Jean Sibelius

No statue has ever been put up to a critic.

Jean Sibelius

All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead.

Jean Sibelius

If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.

Jean Sibelius

It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.

Jean Sibelius

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

Jean Sibelius

For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony.

Jean Sibelius