Symphony Quotes

296 quotes by 215 authors

And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra,… — Elvis Costello
As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that… — Darren Criss
To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet. — Rita Dove
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. — E. M. Forster
God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or… — Julie Harris
The universe is a symphony of strings, and the mind of God that Einstein eloquently wrote about for thirty years would be cosmic music resonating… — Michio Kaku
When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony. — Madeleine L'Engle
We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony. — Guy Laliberte
A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. — Gustav Mahler
Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti. — Neville Marriner
And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I… — Kurt Masur
I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.' — Yoko Ono
If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician. — Buddy Rich
It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair,… — Nile Rodgers
It took me the bulk of my twenties to write one book about a family of alligator wrestlers. Whereas somebody like Steve Martin is releasing… — Karen Russell
My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with… — Robert Schumann
You can't play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it. — Navjot Singh Sidhu
When I was very young, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers in Germany, a pianist who played a symphony that… — Steven Spielberg
This is what I want in heaven... words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies. — Tina Turner
When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get on to a… — Teddy Wilson

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