Quote by Jim Fiebig

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

— Robert Schumann

The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless…

— Uta Hagen

One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from…

— Marilyn vos Savant

A violin should be played with love, or not at all.

— Joseph Wechsberg

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.

— Anonymous

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.

— Richard Steele

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

— Louisa May Alcott

The girl doesn’t need a violin,” he added. “She needs to have her hands bound so she can never touch an instrument again.

— Julia Quinn

“If all would play first violin, we could not obtain an orchestra. Therefore esteem every musician in his place.”

— Robert Schumann

I don't mind conducting the orchestra if I can play the violin.

— Edwin Land

“When Tchaikovsky finished writing his Violin Concerto in 1878, he asked the famous violinist Leopold Auer to give the premier performance. Auer studied the…

— Geoff Colvin

Second violins can play a concerto perfectly if they're in their own home and nobody's there.

— Garrison Keillor