Sergei Diaghilev

Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev (31 March 1872 – 19 August 1929) was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes.

Quotes

 * Tchaikovsky thought of committing suicide for fear of being discovered as a homosexual, but today, if you are a composer and not homosexual, you might as well put a bullet through your head.
 * In Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999), 260:2