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…

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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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

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...

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....

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...

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.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we...

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we...

Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst.

Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...

Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still,...