"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all."
-Samuel Butler
Migrate3View Quote
"Life is like music it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.“
-Samuel Butler
posted in Music
Other Quotes by Samuel Butler
Discover more inspiring quotes by Samuel Butler
"Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost."
-Samuel Butler
WorkView Quote
"Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness."
-Samuel Butler
WorkView Quote
"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."
-Samuel Butler
WorkView Quote
"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."
-Samuel Butler
WorkView Quote
"Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons."
-Samuel Butler
WomenView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear."
-Diane Kruger
MusicView Quote
"Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music."
-James Taylor
MusicView Quote
"One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers."
-Lawrence Welk
MusicView Quote
"I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me."
-Diane Kruger
MusicView Quote
"If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you."
-James Taylor
MusicView Quote
"The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born."
-Lawrence Welk
MusicView Quote