49 Quotes by György Ligeti

I don't read such boring things. Life is too short.

But if you go from Moscow to Budapest you think you are in Paris.

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.

When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in Budapest, when I was a refugee

If you come from Paris to Budapest you think you are in Moscow.

But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people.

Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully