George Bernard Shaw: Composers are not human; They can live on diminished sevenths, and be contented with a pianoforte for a wife, and a stri

Composers are not human; They can live on diminished sevenths, and be contented — George Bernard Shaw

Composers are not human; They can live on diminished sevenths, and be contented with a pianoforte for a wife, and a string quartet for a family.

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