Violinist Quote by Will M Cook

I'm really just a frustrated violinist.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling…

— Eugene Ormandy

Through the violin, I speak to people, and my violin is my favourite partner in my musical life, definitely. Without my violin, I don't…

— Vanessa Mae

Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling…

— Eugene Ormandy

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

— Louisa May Alcott

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the…

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

In my youth I wanted to be a concert violinist.

— Lorne Greene

I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.

— Leonard Slatkin

I began as a violinist, not a composer. Thus my contact with orchestral musicians, with the source of music, is very important.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is…

— Ruggiero Ricci

This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent ...

— Ruggiero Ricci

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

— Josephine Baker