Home / Quotes / Quote by Mandy Patinkin

Quote by Mandy Patinkin

“People who go into the arts are often hurt people. Many are manic-depressive. Some have tried suicide and some have succeeded. It's just part of the game. We are people who are oversensitive. That's why we're in this business, because of our need to communicate.”

Quote by Mandy Patinkin

Author

Mandy Patinkin is a renowned actor, born on November 30, 1952. He has excelled in both film and television, becoming widely recognized for his role in 'Alien 3' and 'Criminal Minds'. more

You May Also Like

“Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.”

Way Should Art Helping Asks Class Teacher Ego Advantage Prison Careful Fragile Be Careful

Author:Mandy Patinkin

“Not many people like it when they get criticism. Of course, if you have someone who does tell you and you do have a rapport, that's great. But don't rely on it. You have to rely on yourself.”

People Ifs Doe Courses Criticism Rely Rapport Rely On Yourself

Author:Itzhak Perlman

“By itself, the question of the liturgy's essence and the standards of the reform has brought us back to the question of music and its position in the liturgy. And as a matter of fact one cannot speak about worship at all without also speaking of the music of worship.”

Matter Facts Speak Position Worship Standards Essence Reform Matter Of Fact Liturgy

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“I'll probably pay more attention to the musicians in the pit than the stars because they're the closest you're going to get to normal people in the audience.”

People Stars Pay Attention Audience Normal Musician Closest Pits

Author:Chris Rock

“You don't train for only the 100-meter dash and you don't practice only the excerpts. When I prepared for auditions, I spent most of my time each day on scales and exercises to be my best in basic musicianship, and only a half-hour or so on the actual excerpts I'd be playing.”

Hours Half Practice Exercise Train Prepared Scales My Time Each Day Auditions Meter Half Hours Musicianship

Author:Jim Rogers

“I don't go to concerts much. I've heard everything. When I do go to movies, I walk out half the time. As for literature, I've read everything.”

Literature Walks Half Heard Concerts

Author:Ned Rorem

“There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.”

Humans Enough Joy Suffering Too Much Music Is Perfection Irony Emphasis Human Suffering

Author:Mstislav Rostropovich

“I always felt that one day I would have to make the change in my own life, bite the bullet and see what it is to be a composer who conducts rather than the other way around.”

Way Felt My Own One Day Bites Composer Bullets My Own Life

Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen

“I went to work one morning, and outside my door was Cindy Crawford in a black bra, and I thought that very clearly the building is making progress in integrating itself into various layers of our culture.”

Culture Black Morning Progress Doors Building Various Layers Integrating Bras Cindy

Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen

“You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is to fight with the wheel and jam on the brakes, which is the quickest way to get killed. What you have to do is let go, and the car will right itself. It's the same when an orchestra loses its ensemble. You have to resist the temptation to semaphore, and let the orchestra find its own way back to the pulse.”

Ifs Knows Way Fighting Loses Natural Car Letting Go Winter Driving Reactions Temptation Wheels Orchestra Intuitive Pulse Jam Conducting Ensemble Brake Finland

Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen