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Violin Quotes by Mstislav Rostropovich
- It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.
- The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of…
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- The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. — Honore de Balzac
- It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that… — Honore de Balzac
- Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin.… — Ethel Barrymore
- Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor. — Jason Bateman
- I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
- The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. — Victor Borge
- Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. — Samuel Butler
- Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what… — Amy Chua
- Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone… — Hal Linden
- To say that these men paid their shillings to watch twenty-two hirelings kick a ball is merely to say that a violin… — J. B. Priestley
- A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins. — Laurie Colwin
- The only thing I can say that is not bullshit is that you do have to learn to write in a way… — Unknown Author