Conductor Quotes

145 quotes by 120 authors

Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. — Jason Bateman
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures. — Joshua Bell
Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. — Leonard Bernstein
Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out… — Steven Adler
For me, the most enjoyable type of singing is opera. It allows you to move, to wear a costume... to do something with your body.… — Andrea Bocelli
Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra comes… — Andrea Bocelli
Conducting, I tried it once off the cuff, and quickly realized there were subtle aspects that I was missing. There is a lot more to… — Carter Burwell
It's been a thrilling journey - I have had to really learn that an orchestra is an entity - it's a creature. I have been… — Tori Amos
Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work- I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them… — Carl Sandburg
The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra,… — Victor Borge
The brain is a little saline pool that acts as a conductor, and it runs on electricity. — Judith Hooper
The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. — Nicholas Meyer
The phosphorous smell which is developed when electricity (to speak the profane language) is passing from the points of a conductor into air, or when… — Christian Friedrich Schonbein
The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for the mariner's guidance… — Richard Owen
It is when music is added that a film can come to life for a director. A live orchestra, playing the score as a conductor… — Robert Paul Wolff
Playing music well is difficult, yet the world has an abundance of fine performers. Explaining a little about music is easier, yet few do it… — Justin Davidson
I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot. — James Levine
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience. — George Szell
The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance. — Ansel Adams
A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach the viewer, or… — Sol LeWitt

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