Best Quote by Simon Rattle

Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.

— Simon Rattle

A good conductor ought to be a good chauffeur; the qualities that make the one also make the other. They are concentration, an incessant…

— Sergei Rachmaninoff

Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.

— Kurt Masur

I was different from most young conductors today.

— Kurt Masur

I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then…

— Jeffrey Tate

I played with the best conductors of the world.

— Mstislav Rostropovich

There are some bad qualities which make great talents.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how…

— Isaac Stern

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

— Goddard Lieberson

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

— Anthony Hopkins

Composers are not all good conductors.

— Anton Seidl

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the…

— Edward Gardner