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> [Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/never-look-at-the-brass-it-only-encourages-them/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

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> [Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a short glance to give an important cue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/never-look-encouragingly-at-the-brass-except-with-a-short-glance-to/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

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> [If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/if-you-think-that-the-brass-is-not-blowing-loud-enough-mute-it-by-a/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

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## Other authors on Brass

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-horace-42297.jpg) Horace 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brass/horace/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brass/william-shakespeare/)

## More by Richard Strauss

> [I want to be able to depict in music a glass of beer so accurately that every listener can tell whether it is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/i-want-to-be-able-to-depict-in-music-a-glass-of-beer-so-accurately/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/never-look-at-the-trombones-you-ll-just-encourage-them/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/never-look-at-the-brass-it-only-encourages-them/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/the-human-voice-is-the-most-beautiful-instrument-of-all-but-the-most/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/the-aria-after-all-is-the-soul-of-opera/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/don-t-perspire-while-conducting-only-the-audience-should-get-warm/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [Must one become seventy years old to recognize that one's greatest strength lies in creating musical kitsch?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/must-one-become-seventy-years-old-to-recognize-that-one-s-greatest/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [He'd be better off shoveling snow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/he-d-be-better-off-shoveling-snow/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [On conducting: If you can just barely hear the French horns on stage, the balance is perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/on-conducting-if-you-can-just-barely-hear-the-french-horns-on-stage/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/i-shall-never-be-converted-and-i-shall-remain-true-to-my-old-religion/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/never-let-the-horns-and-woodwinds-out-of-your-sight-if-you-can-hear/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [Ideas, like young wine, should be put in storage and taken up again only after they have been allowed to ferment and to ripen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/ideas-like-young-wine-should-be-put-in-storage-and-taken-up-again/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [“Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a brief glance to give an important cue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/never-look-encouragingly-at-the-brass-except-with-a-brief-glance-to/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/i-may-not-be-a-first-rate-composer-but-i-am-a-first-class-second-rate/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

> [Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-strauss/never-look-at-the-trombones-you-ll-only-encourage-them/)

[Richard Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-strauss/)

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