Bullying Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.

— Anthony Hopkins

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it…

— Eberhard Weber

The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways. ... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and…

— Nadia Boulanger

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

— Andre Kostelanetz

The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the…

— Victor Borge

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We…

— Franz Liszt

The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is their leadership that is looked to and…

— Leonard Slatkin

“Whether we are orderlies or orchestra conductors, either we befriend our work-- seeing in it the opportunity for moral excellence and a continual outpouring…

— Paul Wilkes

Let me say that I've never thought to conduct because the conductor has to think to the music before the orchestra. And the orchestra…

— Andrea Bocelli

Show me an orchestra that likes its conductor and I'll show you a lousy conductor.

— Goddard Lieberson

The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well.

— Giuseppe Sinopoli

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that…

— James Levine