Quote of the Day

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students."

― Hector Berlioz

The elder son of a provincial doctor, Berlioz was expected to follow his father into medicine, and he attended a Parisian medical college before defying his family by taking up music as a profession. His independence of mind and refusal to follow traditional rules and formulas put him at odds with the conservative musical establishment of Paris. (December 1803 – March 1869)