Hermann Hesse Quotes

It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.

Hermann Hesse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 2, 1877 - August 9, 1962

Topics

MorningSkyBlueJoyWindowClothes

A woman is more than the sum of her parts. So I had an opportunity to present some work at the White House. I chose not just to talk about the sky, the planet, love or heartache. I wanted to actually be there, to place a mark on that moment.

Jill Scott

WorkLoveOpportunityMomentSky

The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge.

John Corigliano

ChallengeThinkingBetterConcert

Bad writing as a conscious goal is liberating for students: They are freed to be creative in a new and different way.

Amitava Kumar

CreativeWritingBadGoalNewWay

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

Amos Bronson Alcott

IgnoranceIgnorantMalady

I'd love to do 'Werther.' It's a great opera, and the music's so beautiful.

Stephen Costello

LoveMusicBeautifulGreatOpera

I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning.

Robert Duvall

LoveMorningSmellJuiceBoxes

I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook.

Moby

SongThinkNot KnowingAttention

I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals.

Lord Salisbury

MyselfThingsDisappearRankWhose

Why would you choose being bitter over choosing to make music? Being bitter is gross. It doesn't amount to anything.

Josh Homme

MusicYouChooseWhyOverAnything

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Jose Bergamin

ArtEffortResultNeverOnlyCounts

I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind of thing where an awful lot of people over a long period of time - thousands have worked this case and these issues and followed on the leads and captured bad guys and interrogated them and so-forth.

Dick Cheney

TimeDayPeopleLongYouBad

I think bookstore browsing will become more cherished as time goes on because it can't be replicated virtually.

Chuck Hogan

TimeThinkWillBecomeMoreBecause

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