8+ Edvard Grieg Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Edvard Grieg quotes and sayings.

To have the ability to withdraw into oneself and forget everything around one when one is creating - What, I think is the only requirement for being able to bring forth something beautiful. The whole thing is - a mystery. — Edvard Grieg

When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them. — Edvard Grieg

Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take. — Edvard Grieg

In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct. — Edvard Grieg

A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms. — Edvard Grieg

I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it. — Edvard Grieg

I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched. — Edvard Grieg

Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home. — Edvard Grieg