Art Quote by Dolora Zajick

In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He…

— Sergei Prokofiev

As a pianist, our particular role is to enter a piece and its logic and create a particular interpretation from our understanding. The most…

— Rafal Blechacz

The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.

— Wadada Leo Smith

It still amazes me how many musicians aren't really interested in engaging with their audience at all. Alfred Brendel, a pianist for whom I…

— Charles Hazlewood

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.

— Gerhard Richter

I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think…

— James Cromwell

I consider myself a composer.

— Timbaland

“Who is the most worthy of admiration, musician or audience? Probably the musician will tell that his audience and the musician that his audience”

— Miguel Ángel Sáez Gutiérrez

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

— Ken Hill

It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.

— Andris Nelsons

The people of your century no longer require the service of composers. A composer is as useful to a person in a jogging suit…

— Frank Zappa