Down Quote by Virgil Thomson Download Open image “I look at you and I write down what I hear.” — Virgil Thomson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Down Hear I write Look Music Write Writing You
Let me tell you what I just heard. Talk, talk, talk, I. Talk, talk, talk, I. Well, what about me? — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
I got myself into a lovely little shall we say controversy with André Breton, by pointing out that the discipline of spontaneity, which he… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
Every composer's music reflects in its subject-matter and in its style the source of the money the composer is living on while writing the… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
I let her alone and when she got that finished she left me alone. We trusted each other. — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization… — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise. — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
I listened to the pure crystalline notes of one of Mozart's concertos dropping at my feet like leaves from the trees. — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970. — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
Verbal communication about music is impossible except among musicians. — Virgil Thomson Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I like to sit down, relax, have a cup of coffee on the terrace and read a book. I like to travel the world… — Marianne Vos Copy Share Image
I turn a lot of stuff down - big, big movies, the kind I wouldn't want to go to the cinema to see. — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
What I was concerned about when I wrote the 'Downward Spiral' record was being a self-centred destructive force. The point was tearing down everything… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
My writing routine is: get son off to school and sit down at 8 A.M. I read what I wrote the day before, and… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
No matter how brilliant an actor is, there's always a point where they let you down, but that's all part of their journey. They… — Amanda Hale Copy Share Image
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy.… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop… — Marina and the Diamonds Copy Share Image
I was strictly after hits when it came down to the Jackson 5. That's all I was concerned with. — Deke Richards Copy Share Image
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
