“I was the enemy of the major studio. I believed in one man - one film. I believed one man should make the film. And I believed the director should be that one man. One man should do it - I didn't give a damn who. I just couldn't accept art as a committee. I could only accept art as an extension of an individual.” MenGivingShouldArtFilmIndividualAcceptingEnemyDirectorsMajorsStudiosDamnOne ManCommitteesExtensions Author:Frank Capra
“The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy.” WorldArtistGreatnessDependsIntensityGreat ArtGreat ArtistWidth Author:Aldous Huxley
“Life without music is only error, exhaustion, exile... Indeed, there is nothing that concerns me more than the fate of music.” FateMusic IsConcernErrorsExileExhaustionWithout MusicLife Without Music Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“And, as my father used to tell me growing up, "Play it beautiful, play it beautiful." He said, "I don't care if you don't hit all of the notes. If you don't move a person's heart, it's not music."” IfsHeartPersonsSaidPlayCareBeautifulMovingUsedFatherGrowing UpGrowingNotesDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Christopher Parkening
“The harmonic effects produced unconsciously by our guitarists are one of the miracles of natural art.” ArtNaturalEffectsMiracleGuitarist Author:Manuel de Falla
“For twelve years I studied and worked at them every day, and I was nearly 25 before I had the courage to play one of them in public. Before I did, no violinist or cellist had ever played a Suite in its entirety.” YearsPlayTwelveEntiretyViolinistCellists Author:Pablo Casals
“I was my own teacher and pupil, in a comradeship so firm and persevering that the most trying incidents of my life served only to strengthen the union.” TryingMy OwnTeacherUnionsFirmIncidentsPupilsComradeship Author:Andres Segovia
“Too many students who are technically quite far advanced do not properly interpret the technically less difficult pieces they play, because they regard them as beneath serious consideration. This is a fundamental error in musical taste and judgment.” PlayDifficultPiecesStudentsSeriousTasteJudgmentRegardFundamentalsErrorsMusicalConsiderationMusical TasteTaste And Judgment Book:Violin Playing as I Teach it Source: Violin Playing as I Teach it
“Artists, whether they're classical musicians or pop musicians, they have always been the reflection of society, and in many ways a healing part of whatever is wrong in society, and I think it's important for us to continue to do that, and I don't see enough of it today.” ThinkingWayImportantEnoughTodayArtistHealingMusicianReflectionPopsClassical MusicPop MusicClassical Musicians Author:George Duke