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title: "19 Strauss Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Strauss quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Strauss sayings and thoughts."
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> [ \[On the music of Richard Strauss:\] Too many notes! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/on-the-music-of-richard-strauss-too-many-notes/)

[Nadia Boulanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadia-boulanger/)

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> [Richard Strauss--Old Home Week in Gomorrah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/richard-strauss-old-home-week-in-gomorrah/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

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> [I admire Johann Strauss a lot. I believe he was a genius of his time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-rieu/i-admire-johann-strauss-a-lot-i-believe-he-was-a-genius-of-his-time/)

[Andre Rieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-rieu/)

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> [I dig Strauss and Wagner. Those cats are good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimi-hendrix/i-dig-strauss-and-wagner-those-cats-are-good/)

[Jimi Hendrix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimi-hendrix/)

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> [Lewis Strauss is one of my best friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-hoover/lewis-strauss-is-one-of-my-best-friends/)

[Herbert Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-hoover/)

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> [I was never revolutionary. The only revolutionary in our time was Strauss!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/i-was-never-revolutionary-the-only-revolutionary-in-our-time-was/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

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> [I think Andrew Strauss never gets enough credit for what he's done for English cricket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nasser-hussain/i-think-andrew-strauss-never-gets-enough-credit-for-what-he-s-done/)

[Nasser Hussain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nasser-hussain/)

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> [To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arturo-toscanini/to-strauss-the-composer-i-take-off-my-hat-to-strauss-the-man-i-put-it/)

[Arturo Toscanini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arturo-toscanini/)

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> [When I was 4 or 5, I attended my father's concerts. He very often played Strauss waltzes as encores and I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-rieu/when-i-was-4-or-5-i-attended-my-father-s-concerts-he-very-often/)

[Andre Rieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-rieu/)

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> [“The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?” says one trader still at Salomon. “That’s easy. Strauss wouldn’t stoop to use the men’s room…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lewis/the-difference-between-strauss-and-ranieri-says-one-trader-still-at/)

[Michael Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2d/michael-lewis-705_customer_the-difference-between-strauss-and-ranie_88441.png)

> [“Strauss again brought up my need to speak and wrtie simply and directly so that people will understand me. He reminds me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/strauss-again-brought-up-my-need-to-speak-and-wrtie-simply-and/)

[Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/)

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> [When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiri-te-kanawa/when-i-perform-strauss-it-is-as-if-the-music-fits-me-like-a-glove-my/)

[Kiri Te Kanawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiri-te-kanawa/)

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> [A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-rau/a-hundred-years-ago-when-richard-strauss-who-has-already-been-quoted/)

[Johannes Rau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-rau/)

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> [The Strauss allowed me to be a writer. Without it, 'The Emperor's Children' would not exist. When I received the award, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/the-strauss-allowed-me-to-be-a-writer-without-it-the-emperor-s/)

[Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/)

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> [I was so busy with my studies that I didn't have a musical idol as a teenager. Later, around my 20s, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-rieu/i-was-so-busy-with-my-studies-that-i-didn-t-have-a-musical-idol-as-a/)

[Andre Rieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-rieu/)

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> [What Strauss is going through drives you nuts. If you care about your batting - which I'm sure he does - he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/what-strauss-is-going-through-drives-you-nuts-if-you-care-about-your/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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> [I never imagined when I wrote my first book on Strauss that the unscrupulous elite that he elevates would ever come so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shadia-drury/i-never-imagined-when-i-wrote-my-first-book-on-strauss-that-the/)

[Shadia Drury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shadia-drury/)

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> [“Strauss shook his head. "The point I've been trying to make is that this money is intended for research. No one can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-keyes/strauss-shook-his-head-the-point-i-ve-been-trying-to-make-is-that/)

[Daniel Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-keyes/)

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> [“Strauss’s, for instance, which begins in the heavens. The artist doesn’t ascend to glory, he appears in it, he already has it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/strauss-s-for-instance-which-begins-in-the-heavens-the-artist-doesn-t/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/james-salter-2584_art_strauss-s-for-instance-which-begins-in-t_86461.jpg)

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