Done Quote by Nadia Boulanger

Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to…

— Nadia Boulanger

Do nothing for effect. Do it for truth.

— Nadia Boulanger

A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty

— Nadia Boulanger

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

— Nadia Boulanger

It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.

— Nadia Boulanger

As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.

— Nadia Boulanger

I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always…

— Nadia Boulanger

The history of harmony is the history of the development of the human ear, which has gradually assimilated, in their natural order, the successive…

— Nadia Boulanger

In music everything is prolonged, everything is edified, and when the enchantment has ceased, we are still bathed in its clarity; solitude is accompanied…

— Nadia Boulanger

To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.

— Nadia Boulanger

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

— Nadia Boulanger

You should never listen to someone practice. That is their work and theirs alone.

— Nadia Boulanger