Symphony Quotes

296 quotes by 215 authors

Each day for me is a musical note that I use to compose the symphony of my life. — Paulo Coelho
If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our… — Peter Kreeft
The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world. — Jane Byrne
The human being holds a universe within, filled with overlapping frequencies, and the result is a symphony of cosmic proportions. — Masaru Emoto
History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses. — Charles Angoff
Water, wind and birdsong were the echoes in this quiet place of a great chiming symphony that was surging around the world. Knee-deep in grasses… — Elizabeth Goudge
New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all… — Barbara Cook
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
There are only three forms of high art: the symphony, the illustrated children's book and the board game. — Brian K. Vaughan
But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to… — Michael Tilson Thomas
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
Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known. — Eugene Ormandy
Bizet was a very young man when he composed this symphony, so play it softly. — Eugene Ormandy
Mahler wrote it as the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. I mean the fourth movement of his First Symphony. We play it third. The… — Eugene Ormandy
I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Have you seen a symphony orchestra? There is a person at the back carrying a triangle. Now and again the conductor will point to him… — Desmond Tutu
We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the ears of the… — Amar Bose
Whenever we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords whose tones we are about… — Isaac D'Israeli
What is the universe? The universe is a symphony of vibrating strings...we are nothing but melodies. We are nothing but cosmic music played out on… — Michio Kaku
Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments. — David Del Tredici

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