"So much of what we do is ephemeral……" — John Williams
"So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories."
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39 Quotes by John Williams
John Williams has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- Working in Hollywood for the orchestra world is a very time consuming and laborious job.
- I think of myself as a film composer.
- Any working composer or painter or sculptor will tell you that inspiration comes at the eighth hour of labour rather…
- Composing music is hard work.
- For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway.
- When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil…
- As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music.
- I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because…
- As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.
- The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay…
- I saw the devastation and I wanted to help. People need to know that...we are here for them. They need…
- I've never known anyone that is a better manager of people or is a harder worker than Kessel. His willingness…