Shostakovich Quotes

7 quotes by 6 authors

• When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the piece… — Dave Brubeck
• The critics say that Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony has no form. They are wrong; it has the form of Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony. — Edward Abbey
• Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too radical; in the West, for being too conservative. He could please no… — Edward Abbey
• Brancusi has his medium: Picasso, Faulkner, Shostakovich, theirs. Mine happens to be cloth. — Charles James
• Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for more than one… — Mstislav Rostropovich
• The friendship of Shostakovich cast a brilliant light over my whole life and whose spiritual qualities captured my soul once and for all time. — Galina Vishnevskaya
• Tough. Tough, indeed. I would say that Mickey Mouse had a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovich, Lenin, and/or… — Charles Bukowski

Who Wrote These Shostakovich Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 7 Shostakovich Quotes as follows:

• 2 Shostakovich Quotes by Edward Abbey
• 1 Shostakovich Quote by Charles James
• 1 Shostakovich Quote by Mstislav Rostropovich
• 1 Shostakovich Quote by Galina Vishnevskaya
• 1 Shostakovich Quote by Charles Bukowski
• 1 Shostakovich Quote by Dave Brubeck