Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Quote by Leonard Bernstein

Topics: Communication Quotes, Music Quotes

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more...

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to...

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure...

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk....

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have...

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he...

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he...

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

Distance shouldn't be a factor in a relationship but communication, trust and commitment should be.

I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull...

I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull...

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at...

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Have you seen my Kung fu lately? Cause it has gotten totally awsome!

Have you seen my Kung fu lately? Cause it has gotten totally awsome!