Classical Quotes

639 quotes by 529 authors

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form… — Mike Figgis
I still feel like a novice when it comes to classical theater, but I don't ever want to become comfortable with anything. The greatest creativity… — Jesse Tyler Ferguson
In a culture whose already classical dilemma is the hypertrophy of the intellect at the expense of energy and sensual capability, interpretation is the revenge… — Susan Sontag
The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral , and I prefer the Platonic idea of the Muse to that of… — Jorge Luis Borges
The classical artist can be recognized by his sincerity, the romantic by his laborious insincerity. — Charles Peguy
I love classical music; I love the way it's worked... all those chord sequences so I often use that sort of effect in my solos. — Jon Lord
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can… — Natalia Makarova
I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music. — Joanna Newsom
I went to the University/Resident Theatre Association auditions. Deans come and watch you in this theater. You have three minutes, and you have to do… — Kunal Nayyar
Before college, I acted in my room, to classical music, because music tells stories. I'd put on a record and proceed, silently. I'd keep putting… — Amanda Plummer
That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise. — Itzhak Perlman
Yes, I have been studying piano since I was six. Classical, jazz, compositional, Broadway, everything. I just love it all. — Janel Parrish
I also have a big love of classical music played on piano because this is the environment I grew up in my brother being one… — Suzi Quatro
As someone who's been doing a lot of classical theater recently, I loved the idea of getting to run around in Steven Alan, and not… — Lily Rabe
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a… — Lionel Richie
In the classical spiritual definition, a soul mate is someone that you have reincarnated with many times. You find each other in many lifetimes. — Frederick Lenz
I'd like to do some more classical work if I do some more theatre. — Sarah Sutton
Being a former dancer, classical dancer, it informed me as a human being just in terms of the grace I guess. Ballet is a very… — Zoe Saldana
Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative… — Jeffrey Wright
Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature. — Steig Larsson

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