Symphony Quotes

296 quotes by 225 authors

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
Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up… — William Christopher Handy
I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place. — Alan Hovhaness
The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score. It exists fully only in… — Rebecca Solnit
I am a drunkard from another kind of tavern. I dance to a silent tune. I am the symphony of stars. — Unknown Author
Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear… — Nelson Goodman
Whatever I do today is the whole continuum of my experience. Like John Dewey said in his book â€˜Art as Experience,â€™ you canâ€™t separate experience… — Yusef Lateef
I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss. — Georg Solti
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
I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands through high school… — Arthur Godfrey
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
If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony. — Nicholas Sparks
Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the music. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
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
It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is… — Brian Ferneyhough
I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements.… — Maximilian Schell
Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but… — David Ives
Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow.It could be… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The music critic, Huneber, could never quite make up his mind about a new symphony until he had seen the composer's mistress. — H. L. Mencken
Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station. — Thomas Beecham

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