5+ Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky quotes and sayings.

My music must be an artistic reproduction of human speech in all its finest shades. That is, the sounds of human speech, as the external manifestations of thought and feeling must, without exaggeration or violence, become true, accurate music. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

In poetry there are two giants, rough Homer and fine Shakespere. In music likewise we have two giants, Beethoven, the thinker, and the superthinker Berlioz. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

I regard the people as a great being, inspired by a single idea. This is my problem. I strove to solve it in this opera. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity. — Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky