Symphonies Quotes
46 quotes by 46 authors
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It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it…
— David Byrne
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All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been…
— H. L. Mencken
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Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them.
— Raymond Carver
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Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics,
— Charlie Chaplin
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I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided…
— Zoltan Kodaly
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The majority of my symphonies are tombstones.
— Dmitri Shostakovich
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Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.
— Neville Marriner
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Symphonies can generate a tremendous amount of sounds, beauty, and emotion. That is part of their human feel and sweetness. Keyboards, on the other hand,…
— Yanni
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Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.
— Sherwin B. Nuland
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Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great…
— Malcolm Arnold
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I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.
— Alan Hovhaness
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For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use…
— George Arthur Buttrick
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Mathematics is an activity governed by the same rules imposed upon the symphonies of Beethoven, the paintings of DaVinci, and the poetry of Homer.
— Edward Kasner
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Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies.…
— Doc Severinsen
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A young man, just beginning the study of musical composition, once went to Mozart and asked him the formula for developing the theme of a…
— James Keller
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So long as we refuse to include lottery tickets among the symphonies, or medical bulletins among the overtures, we must refrain from treating the emotions…
— Eduard Hanslick
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Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. They…
— Billy Joel
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Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul.
— Paul Whiteman
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Last year, more Americans went to symphonies than went to baseball games. This may be viewed as an alarming statistic, but I think that both…
— John F. Kennedy
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I see that you believe in love such as the poets and romancers have represented... The poets represent love as the sculptors design beauty, as…
— Alfred de Musset
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