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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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## More by Nadia Boulanger

> [Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/nothing-is-better-than-music-when-it-takes-us-out-of-time-it-has-done/)

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

> [Do nothing for effect. Do it for truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/do-nothing-for-effect-do-it-for-truth/)

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

> [A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/a-great-work-of-art-is-made-out-of-a-combination-of-obedience-and/)

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

> [Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/do-not-take-up-music-unless-you-would-rather-die-than-not-do-so/)

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

> [It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/it-is-one-thing-to-be-gifted-and-quite-another-thing-to-be-worthy-of/)

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

> [As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/as-far-as-the-execution-is-concerned-the-most-frequent-and-most/)

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

> [I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/i-adore-tradition-i-cannot-stand-habit-simply-to-repeat-is-nothing/)

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

> [The history of harmony is the history of the development of the human ear, which has gradually assimilated, in their natural order, the successive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/the-history-of-harmony-is-the-history-of-the-development-of-the-human/)

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

> [In music everything is prolonged, everything is edified, and when the enchantment has ceased, we are still bathed in its clarity; solitude is accompanied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/in-music-everything-is-prolonged-everything-is-edified-and-when-the/)

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

> [To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/to-study-music-we-must-learn-the-rules-to-create-music-we-must-break/)

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

> [A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/a-great-work-is-made-out-of-a-combination-of-obedience-and-liberty/)

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

> [You should never listen to someone practice. That is their work and theirs alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/you-should-never-listen-to-someone-practice-that-is-their-work-and/)

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

> [Great art likes chains. The greatest artists have created art within bounds. Or else they have created their own chains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/great-art-likes-chains-the-greatest-artists-have-created-art-within/)

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

> [Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/life-is-denied-by-lack-of-attention-whether-it-be-to-cleaning-windows/)

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

> [Art is not emotion. Art is the medium in which emotion is expressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadia-boulanger/art-is-not-emotion-art-is-the-medium-in-which-emotion-is-expressed/)

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

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