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title: "4 Composer Quotes By Ernest Newman"
description: "4 Composer quotes by Ernest Newman. Plus more from Ernest Newman and more Composer sayings from other authors."
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> [A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/a-good-composer-is-slowly-discovered-and-a-bad-composer-is-slowly/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

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> [The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-greatest-composer-does-not-sit-down-to-work-because-he-is/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

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> [The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-great-composer-does-not-set-to-work-because-he-is-inspired-but/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

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> [The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-great-composer-does-not-set-to-work-because-he-is-inspired-but-2/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

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## More by Ernest Newman

> [You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/you-may-help-a-lame-dog-over-a-stile-but-he-is-still-a-lame-dog-on/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/i-had-no-idea-stravinsky-disliked-debussy-so-much-as-this/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/a-good-composer-is-slowly-discovered-and-a-bad-composer-is-slowly/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-higher-the-voice-the-smaller-the-intellect/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/for-my-part-if-i-had-the-power-i-would-insist-on-all-oratorios-being/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/jazz-is-not-a-form-but-a-collection-of-tags-and-tricks/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-greatest-composer-does-not-sit-down-to-work-because-he-is/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-finest-singing-given-a-good-voice-to-begin-with-comes-from-the/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/beethoven-wagner-bach-and-mozart-settled-down-day-after-day-to-the/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/if-i-had-the-power-i-would-insist-on-all-oratorios-being-sung-in-the/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-great-composer-does-not-set-to-work-because-he-is-inspired-but/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-great-composer-does-not-set-to-work-because-he-is-inspired-but-2/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

> [The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-great-at-anything-do-not-set-to-work-because-they-are-inspired/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

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