Conductor Quote by Bernard Arnault

I mean, the great secret is that an orchestra can actually play without a conductor at all. Of course, a great conductor will have…

— Joshua Bell

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

— Zubin Mehta

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

— Anthony Hopkins

To this day I am indulgent toward orchestras that are trying to lift themselves in the world, while critics are busy assuring them that…

— Robertson Davies

The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well.

— Giuseppe Sinopoli

It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are…

— Zubin Mehta

Composers are not all good conductors.

— Anton Seidl

Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.

— Goddard Lieberson

The conductor of an orchestra doesnt make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

— Suman Rai

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

— Benjamin Zander

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it…

— Eberhard Weber