To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: "Dear Sir, I wish to inform you that the man who played the long thing you pull in… — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won't let any of you enter. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
Can't you read? The score demands 'con amore,' and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men! — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
Liberty, in my opinion, is the only orthodoxy within the limits of which art may express itself and flourish freely-liberty that is the best… — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
To some it is Napoleon, to some it is a philosophical struggle, to me it is allegro con brio. — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I… — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: "Dear Sir,… — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I… — Arturo Toscanini Copy Share Image
