Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“During my stay in London I resided for a considerable time in Clapham Road in the neighbourhood of Clapham Common... One fine… — August Kekule Copy Share Image
“The Prince stood beside the timpanist to count his rests for him and see that he came in in the right place.… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical… — Marvin Hamlisch Copy Share Image
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. — George Szell Copy Share Image
For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume... to do something… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
I went to school in drag, in art school and my day was completely different because everybody thought I was a chick.… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
“Fresh proof of the risks you run in writing about players, and of the advisability of not standing to leeward of their… — Hector Berlioz Copy Share Image
I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
I see Professionalism as a spreading disease of the present-day world, a sort of poly-oligarchy by which various groups (subway conductors, social… — Ted Nelson Copy Share Image
Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good. — Bernard Arnault Copy Share Image
“He was making music - Howells, Finzi, Holst - so you could see the sounds in the serried air. Serried. Then just… — Craig Raine Copy Share Image
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I had a tough childhood, yes. I was born in rural Bangladesh to parents who had had no education beyond high school.… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
My parents met in music school, and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and… — Lara St. John Copy Share Image
The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo. — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
It is when music is added that a film can come to life for a director. A live orchestra, playing the score… — Robert Paul Wolff Copy Share Image
