# Quote — George Bernard Shaw, Love Among The Artists

> 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.

- Author: [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md)
- Book: [Love Among The Artists](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists.md)
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- Topics: [music](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/music.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists/composers-are-not

## More from this book

> Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists/even-the-youngest.md)

Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md)

> I hate singers, a miserable crew who think that music exists only in their own throats.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists/i-hate-singers.md)

Topics: [pride](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/pride.md), [music](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/music.md)

> The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists/the-public-want.md)

Topics: [art](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/art.md)