“A music director cannot and should not be chosen on the basis of a first date. It is not so difficult to make a good impression with a single appearance, usually containing some of a conductor's party pieces, works they have performed successfully many times before.” ShouldFirstsDifficultPartyPiecesDirectorsBasesAppearanceImpressionChosenConductorContainingFirst Date Author:Leonard Slatkin
“People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out.” PeopleShouldLongMadeWalksImpressionLastingTrue FriendshipFootstepsFootballerPeople In Your LifeLong LastingLasting Impressions Author:Michael Bassey
“We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art.” ShouldArtDesireImpressionNeatness Author:Eli Siegel
“Set up your study or picture in an orderly fashion. This order should not cramp either the linearist or the colorist... Never lose sight of that first impression by which you were moved.” ShouldFirstsOrderLosesStudyFashionSightMovedImpressionOrderlyFirst ImpressionCramps Author:Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
“Pseudo-critics prefer to direct their remarks to the artist - Heaven forgive them - but one due rather to a common impression that such an attitude is the correct one, that all paintings should be figuratively mutilated, and that all artists are fair game, or really grateful perhaps for a few tips.” ShouldArtistGamesHeavenCommonAttitudePaintingFairsDirectGratefulForgivingCriticsDuesImpressionRemarksPseudoFair Game Author:Walter J. Phillips