Quotes from Arthur Honegger

The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

Music is geometry in time.

I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses.

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

The public doesn't want new music; the main thing that it demands of a composer is that he be dead.

The public doesn't want new music.