Classical Quotes

639 quotes by 529 authors

It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where… — Duke Ellington
The human attitude of which classical music is the expression is always the same; it is always based on the same kind of insight into… — Hermann Hesse
Jazz is America's classical music. — Billy Taylor
Classical physics has been superseded by quantum theory: quantum theory is verified by experiments. Experiments must be described in terms of classical physics. — Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker
I enjoy the freedom of modern dance as well as the constraints of classical dance. — Deborah Bull
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not… — Deborah Bull
Every teacher will tell you that you cannot dance classical technique with perfection, there is no such thing, there is no way. So you have… — Jiri Kylian
If Balanchine had any secret, it was one that has endured through two hundred years of classical ballet. It is that dancing correctly in three… — Arlene Croce
Hypostatized into a ritual pattern, Marxian theory becomes ideology. But its content and function distinguish it from classical forms of ideology; it is not false… — Herbert Marcuse
I did stand-up for a long time, and I did classical theater. As much time as you could spend on a stage will always inform… — Kevin Durand
If I had to reflect on the finest classical male ballet dancers of my time, Vladimir Vasiliev of the Bolshoi and the Danish dancer Eric… — Jacques d'Amboise
Regular church-goers are substantially more likely than non-attenders to read, to take newspapers and magazines, to listen to classical music, to attend symphony concerts, operas,… — Rodney Stark
I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try… — Maya Beiser
I do like classical music, and soft rock, and jazz, which I never listened to when I was 15. Now I like it. The older… — Dmitry Medvedev
I like classical music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and I adore Bach above all. — Gregory Maguire
By 1970, the first stirrings of the revolt against Modernist orthodoxy in architecture had been felt, although it would be several years more until Postmodernism… — Martin Filler
I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot. — Jane Chen
I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies. — Lana Del Rey
I not only play at the prestigious classical concert halls like Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center, but also hospitals, churches, prisons, and restricted facilities for… — Ji-Hae Park
I love classical music. Yes, I was in a conservatory when I was younger and played guitar and all that stuff, so I also love… — Matt Schulze

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