Henri-Frédéric Amiel Quote

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.


Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel; Tr., with an Introduction and Notes (ed. 1893)


The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.