{"author":"Franz Liszt","author_id":"Franz+Liszt","total_quotes":12,"quotes":[{"text":"It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["impossible","imagine","fusion "],"id":10367,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["life","art","light "],"id":14093,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["music"],"id":142181,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Truth is a great flirt.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["great","truth is","flirt "],"id":180695,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["life","alone","sacrifice "],"id":246558,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Music is the heart of life.' She speaks love; 'without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["life","music"],"id":307759,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["artist","destiny","sorrow"],"id":386081,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["power","improvisation "],"id":396455,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["music","musician"],"id":452692,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"},{"text":"Beware of missing chances otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.","author":"Franz Liszt","tags":["day","late","too late "],"id":457292,"author_id":"Franz+Liszt"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}