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Кристоф Виллибальд Глюк photo

„Простота, правда и естественность — вот три великих принципа прекрасного во всех произведениях искусства.“

Кристоф Виллибальд Глюк (1714–1787) австрийский композитор

Source: «Афоризмы. Золотой фонд мудрости» сост. Еремишин О. - Москва: Просвещение; 2006 год.

Albertus Magnus photo

“Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.”

Albertus Magnus (1206–1280) Dominican friar

Attributed to Albertus Magnus in: Albertus Magnus; cited in: Morris Bishop (1968) The Middle Ages. p. 252.

Роберт Льюис Стивенсон photo
Роберт Льюис Стивенсон photo
Роберт Льюис Стивенсон photo
Александр Васильевич Суворов photo
Александр Васильевич Суворов photo
Александр Васильевич Суворов photo
Александр Васильевич Суворов photo
Александр Васильевич Суворов photo
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Gioachino Rossini photo

“Monsieur Wagner has good moments, but awful quarters of an hour!”

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) Italian composer

Monsieur Wagner a de beaux moments, mais de mauvais quart d'heures.
Letter to Emile Naumann, April 1867, quoted in E Naumann Italienische Tondichter (1883) vol. 4, p. 5. Translation from The Riverside Dictionary of Biography (2005) p. 689.

Gioachino Rossini photo

“This little composition, which is, alas, the last mortal sin of my old age.”

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) Italian composer

Cette petite composition qui est, hélas, le dernier péché mortel de ma vieillesse.
Introductory note to the Petite Messe Solennelle. Translation from Justin Wintle (ed.) Makers of Nineteenth Century Culture (2002) vol. 2, p. 527.

Gioachino Rossini photo

“Give me the laundress' bill and I will set to music even that.”

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) Italian composer

Datemi il conto della lavandaia e vi metterò in musica anche quello.
Indro Montanelli L'Italia giacobina e carbonara, Rizzoli, Milano 1972, p. 612.

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Александр Порфирьевич Бородин photo
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин photo
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин photo
Dolores Ibárruri photo
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Dolores Ibárruri photo