Quotes of: Stravinsky Keyword

My temples are only in India. When I am in India, I go to the religious ceremonies.

Zubin Mehta

American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.

Zubin Mehta

I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.

Zubin Mehta

A double bed can seem awfully small if your'e sharing it with someone you don't love." -Misia

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

At the age of 16, something happened with my finger and the doctor told me, you never can be a organist or pianist, so think about what you do with music.

Kurt Masur

I'd like to explode a few myths about what we call classical music. It's not high art for the titillation of a chosen few.

Charles Hazlewood

I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

Natalia Makarova

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

Natalia Makarova

One thing we were looking for from the start was players who really fit together, who sounded in tune.

Neville Marriner

I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.

Thomas Beecham

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.

Thomas Beecham

I believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written.

Ted Shawn

I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.

Kurt Masur

Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter. Go right on doing what interests you, and do it until it stops interesting you.

Louis Horst

I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify.

Leonard Slatkin

How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?

Leonard Slatkin

An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.

Leonard Slatkin

Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible.

Matthew Bourne

I've always been excited by the strangeness of ballet, but I can't bear it when people just come forward and do a turn in the air for no reason.

Matthew Bourne

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can, there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

Sarah Caldwell

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry.

Ennio Morricone