Classical Quotes

639 quotes by 529 authors

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background… — Gordon Getty
The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this change… — Hal Abelson
..there is need for a person to be generally educated. Otherwise you shrivel up much too soon. Whether this means reading the bible (I read… — Peter Drucker
The notion that Nature does not proceed by jumps is only one of the budget of plausible lies that we call classical education. Nature always… — George Bernard Shaw
An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way that it has… — Edith Hall
I was interested in both Western and Indian classical music. — Satyajit Ray
Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of… — Arthur Peacocke
I've never had any feeling of disconnection between the classical theater, or the contemporary theater, or musical theater, or the thing that we call opera. — Trevor Nunn
There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to… — Edward Witten
I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop. — Anita Diament
Lately I've been listening to some classical music again, some jazz. — Alan Vega
Seriously though, my father was the first African American to sign a contract with the Metropolitan Opera so I grew up with classical music and… — Bobby McFerrin
Jazz is not the popular culture. Jazz is in the same position in our culture as classical music. A very small minority of people really… — John Corigliano
I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus… — Doc Severinsen
After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this… — Gunther Schuller
Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern… — Asghar Farhadi
It has been said that if the opening phrase of a classical minuet can be fitted to the words "Are you the O'Reilly who owns… — Gervase Hughes
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays. — Benjamin Jowett
Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists. — Roland Joffe
The old structure of the West as a synthesis of classical culture, Christianity, and the impulses of peoples entering history for the ÂŽfirst time has… — Armin Mohler

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