Gyorgy Ligeti

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#i #lived #under

I only want to give a metaphysic for my music. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#i #metaphysic #music #only #want

I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#because #i #i write #musicians #together

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#concerto #developed #higher #i #much

My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#decorative #grandfather #musician #painter

New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#dream #dream world #jazz #new #new york

Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#asked #bbc #book #english #favorite

People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#because #fifty #lived #long #often

Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#better #emotional #i #i am #man

Steinberg is great. I should like to meet him. ↗

— Gyorgy Ligeti

#him #i #like #meet #should