Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Quote by Leonard Bernstein

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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...

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...

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.

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....

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.

In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

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

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

Communication works for those who work at it.

Communication works for those who work at it.

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen...

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen...

Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research and communication skills to be able to...

Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research and communication skills to be able to...

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.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.