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Leonard Bernstein Quotes

Leonard Bernstein quotes

American Composer August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990

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The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "Life without music is unthinkable. Life without music is..."
Life without music is unthinkable. Life without music is academic. That is why my contact with music is a total embrace. Leonard Bernstein
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long. Leonard Bernstein
Any great art work? revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world - the extent to which it invites you in and lets you breathe its strange, special air. Leonard Bernstein
We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good. We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood. And make our garden grow. And make our garden grow! Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more..."
This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. Leonard Bernstein
Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning ... except its own. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and..."
To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable."
Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Leonard Bernstein
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing..."
In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in..."
Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a..."
I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know..."
I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes. Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein quote: "I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I..."
I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer. Leonard Bernstein

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