Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. Hector Berlioz
The luck of having a talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. Hector Berlioz
Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love. Hector Berlioz
Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. Hector Berlioz
To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy. Hector Berlioz