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title: "1 Paint Picture Quotes By Julian Bream"
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> [In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a picture of me. I agreed to do it, because I'm not unused to sitting for portraits:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/in-1984-i-was-contacted-by-michael-taylor-who-had-won-a-commission/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/julian-bream-9656_art_in-1984-i-was-contacted-by-michael-taylo_10840.jpg)

## More by Julian Bream

> [In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/in-1984-i-was-contacted-by-michael-taylor-who-had-won-a-commission/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [Ideally the performer has a special function. Which is to bring the listener to the edge of that experience and to open the doors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/ideally-the-performer-has-a-special-function-which-is-to-bring-the/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [A violin is tuned to a fifth. But a guitar is tuned to a fourth with a one-third middle. It is very perplexing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/a-violin-is-tuned-to-a-fifth-but-a-guitar-is-tuned-to-a-fourth-with-a/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [I'm a very bad teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/i-m-a-very-bad-teacher/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [I went to college to study the piano and cello.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/i-went-to-college-to-study-the-piano-and-cello/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [I found I could speak through the guitar. Because you have the feel of the strings with both hands and it's up against your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/i-found-i-could-speak-through-the-guitar-because-you-have-the-feel-of/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [Segovia was a Spaniard and it seemed natural that he should play the guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/segovia-was-a-spaniard-and-it-seemed-natural-that-he-should-play-the/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [Wanting to play the guitar was neither a wild dream nor a realistic ambition. It was simply inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/wanting-to-play-the-guitar-was-neither-a-wild-dream-nor-a-realistic/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [It takes a lifetime and a half to master the classical guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/it-takes-a-lifetime-and-a-half-to-master-the-classical-guitar/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [Music has been my real solace. And that's why I play music. And that's why I'm so determined, or have been so determined to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/music-has-been-my-real-solace-and-that-s-why-i-play-music-and-that-s/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [The guitar is the most beautiful of all instruments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/the-guitar-is-the-most-beautiful-of-all-instruments/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [My father started me off on the guitar, and we learned classical guitar together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/my-father-started-me-off-on-the-guitar-and-we-learned-classical/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [The guitar speaks for me and it says things - hopefully - for everybody that I play for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/the-guitar-speaks-for-me-and-it-says-things-hopefully-for-everybody/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [You have to be serious, and you must have a constantly inquiring mind. But I find it's new music that really stretches me, both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/you-have-to-be-serious-and-you-must-have-a-constantly-inquiring-mind/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

> [Some specialist guitar music is not of the highest intellectual calibre, so I must make it sound as though it is. If it bores…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-bream/some-specialist-guitar-music-is-not-of-the-highest-intellectual/)

[Julian Bream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-bream/)

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