Quotes from Edward Elgar

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require.

The music is in the air. Take as much as you want.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it.

The Spirit of God is not something less than God, - it is God.

My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us, the world is full of it and you simply take as much as you require.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a reward - I ask for no reward - only to live & to hear my work.