Symphony Quote by Alan Hovhaness Download Open image “I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.” — Alan Hovhaness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Symphony Thinking
Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I have written six symphonies, they are smaller-scale works. I seem to emit my themes, work them out, combine and intertwine them, and then… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note. — Alan Dean Foster Copy Share Image
“Symphonies begin with one note; fires with one flame; gardens with one flower; and masterpieces with one stroke.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless. — Alfred Schnittke Copy Share Image
Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the… — Malcolm Arnold Copy Share Image
I am going to write my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians. — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century. — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies.… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction. — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame. — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
I still love how Phil Spector turned teenage experiences into wonderful symphonies, but I find it a little more difficult to put myself in… — Joe Goddard Copy Share Image
Greece is a sort of American vassal; the Netherlands is the country of American bases that grow like tulip bulbs; Cuba is the main… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My ex-wife was trying to be nice once, so she took me to a concert in Los Angeles. I went with her to Symphony… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, 'Forty-seven years - and… — Louise Andrews Kent Copy Share Image
A human body can think thoughts, play a piano, kill germs, remove toxins, make a baby all at once. Once it's doing that your… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics, — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
I admire Tom Ades: he's a brilliant conductor, and he gets just the right hard, brilliant sound from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
I wanted to unite the popular and the serious, and to make a popular symphony, a popular oratorio. — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
