Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for: it has broadened the limits of our sorrowful life, it has lit up the… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share
Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for: it has broadened the limits of our sorrowful life, it has lit up the sweetness of our hours of happiness by effacing the pettinesses that diminish us, bringing us back pure and new to… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share
A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift. — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it. — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
The history of harmony is the history of the development of the human ear, which has gradually assimilated, in their natural order, the successive… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
In music everything is prolonged, everything is edified, and when the enchantment has ceased, we are still bathed in its clarity; solitude is accompanied… — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them. — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty. — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
You should never listen to someone practice. That is their work and theirs alone. — Nadia Boulanger Copy Share Image
