23 Quotes by Jean Sibelius

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

Music begins where the possibilities of language end.

If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music begins where the possibilities of language end. That is why I write music.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

Musicians talk of nothing but money and jobs. Give me businessmen every time. They really are interested in music and art.