Top Symphony Quotes
My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.
Martin Short
Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.
Mikhail Bakunin
A symphony is no joke.
Johannes Brahms
Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.
William Christopher Handy
God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It's a way of expressing our humanity.
Julie Harris
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My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized.
Martin Short 
66% of people like this quote
Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.
Mikhail Bakunin
62% of people like this quote
Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.
William Christopher Handy
57% of people like this quote
God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It's a way of expressing our humanity.
Julie Harris
56% of people like this quote
Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.
David Ives
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Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!
Malcolm Arnold
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When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.
Erich Leinsdorf
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