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Symphony Quotes: "A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination."

A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination.



Symphony Quotes: "Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the earth."

Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the earth.




Symphony Quotes: "No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy."

No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.



Symphony Quotes: "Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."

Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.




Symphony Quotes: "Only life suffered can transform a symphony from a collection of notes into a message of humanity."

Only life suffered can transform a symphony from a collection of notes into a message of humanity.



Symphony Quotes: "The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world."

The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world.



Symphony Quotes: "Why is composing symphonies tough? I don't know. It's just very few people in the world can do it well. And I think that's the case with upfront design. It is very hard to do well."

Why is composing symphonies tough? I don't know. It's just very few people in the world can do it well. And I think that's the case with upfront design. It is very hard to do well.




Symphony Quotes: "[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment."

[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I've been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment.



Symphony Quotes: "I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony."

I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.



Symphony Quotes: "Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due."

Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due.



Symphony Quotes: "Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments."

Composers love to write for symphony orchestras because the symphony is the Rolls Royce of musical instruments.



Symphony Quotes: "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man."

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.




Symphony Quotes: "The joy of working with the Chicago Symphony was immeasureable."

The joy of working with the Chicago Symphony was immeasureable.



Symphony Quotes: "The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine."

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.



Symphony Quotes: "Dance is the music of our body, sound is the rhythm of our feeling, silence is the symphony of our soul."

Dance is the music of our body, sound is the rhythm of our feeling, silence is the symphony of our soul.



Symphony Quotes: "The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure."

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.



Symphony Quotes: "It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair."

It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in the third chair, not the first chair.



Symphony Quotes: "The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple."

The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the worlds which invite me. It is marvelous, yet simple.



Symphony Quotes: "It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony."

It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony.



Symphony Quotes: "Making a garden is somehow like conducting a symphony - different plants come forward at different times and you need to think very carefully about their placement in relation to each other."

Making a garden is somehow like conducting a symphony - different plants come forward at different times and you need to think very carefully about their placement in relation to each other.



Symphony Quotes: "I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss."

I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.



Symphony Quotes: "The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music hadn't been beautiful enough."

The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music hadn't been beautiful enough.



Symphony Quotes: "The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing"

The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing



Symphony Quotes: "We must realize our own talents and, having realized, accept them; and play on them like a symphony in which all other instruments are harmonized to make a better universe."

We must realize our own talents and, having realized, accept them; and play on them like a symphony in which all other instruments are harmonized to make a better universe.



Symphony Quotes: "And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor."

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.



Symphony Quotes: "My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized."

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.



Symphony Quotes: "Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more."

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.



Symphony Quotes: "Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them."

Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them.



Symphony Quotes: "My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything."

My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.



Symphony Quotes: "Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little."

Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.



Symphony Quotes: "Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction."

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.



Symphony Quotes: "I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless."

I attempt to compose symphonies, although it is clear to me that logically it is pointless.



Symphony Quotes: "In a purely technical sense, each species of higher organism-beetle, moss, and so forth, is richer in information than a Caravaggio painting, Mozart symphony, or any other great work of art."

In a purely technical sense, each species of higher organism-beetle, moss, and so forth, is richer in information than a Caravaggio painting, Mozart symphony, or any other great work of art.



Symphony Quotes: "And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even."

And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.



Symphony Quotes: "Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known."

Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.



Symphony Quotes: "All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work."

All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.



Symphony Quotes: "The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra."

The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra.



Symphony Quotes: "Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals."

Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.



Symphony Quotes: "A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized."

A man must pay the fiddler. In my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.



Symphony Quotes: "Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads To the pervading symphony of Peace."

Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers -grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads To the pervading symphony of Peace.



Symphony Quotes: "A novel is really like a symphony where instrument after instrument has to come in at its own time, and no other."

A novel is really like a symphony where instrument after instrument has to come in at its own time, and no other.



Symphony Quotes: "When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, 'Forty-seven years - and I find I mind it less and less."

When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, 'Forty-seven years - and I find I mind it less and less.



Symphony Quotes: "I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line."

I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line.



Symphony Quotes: "If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony."

If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony.



Symphony Quotes: "Each day for me is a musical note that I use to compose the symphony of my life."

Each day for me is a musical note that I use to compose the symphony of my life.



Symphony Quotes: "If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony."

If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony.



Symphony Quotes: "Soccer and sports are entertainment ... You can't call Beethoven's 9th Symphony or a work of Shakespeare 'entertainment.' It's not 'entertainment.' It's culture."

Soccer and sports are entertainment ... You can't call Beethoven's 9th Symphony or a work of Shakespeare 'entertainment.' It's not 'entertainment.' It's culture.



Symphony Quotes: "If a young man at the age of twenty-three can write a symphony like that, in five years he will be ready to commit murder."

If a young man at the age of twenty-three can write a symphony like that, in five years he will be ready to commit murder.



Symphony Quotes: "I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation."

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation.