Quotes by Nadia Boulanger

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[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I’ve been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I’ve gotten over my original astonishment.

Music

Women

Years

[On the music of Richard Strauss:] Too many notes!

Music

Notes

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Great Work

Liberty

Obedience

Art is not emotion. Art is the medium in which emotion is expressed.

Art

Art Is

Emotion

As far as the execution is concerned … the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.

Mistake

Music

Serious

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

Dies

Do nothing for effect. Do it for truth.

Effects

Truth

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality.

Heart

Personality

Way

False notes can be forgiven, false music cannot.

Forgiven

Music

Notes

Great art likes chains. The greatest artists have created art within bounds. Or else they have created their own chains.

Art

Chains

Likes

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Quotes by Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger

[On being asked how it felt to be the first female conductor of the Boston Symphony:] I’ve been a woman for a little more than fifty years, and I’ve gotten over my original astonishment.

[On the music of Richard Strauss:] Too many notes!

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Art is not emotion. Art is the medium in which emotion is expressed.

As far as the execution is concerned … the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

Do nothing for effect. Do it for truth.

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality.

False notes can be forgiven, false music cannot.

Great art likes chains. The greatest artists have created art within bounds. Or else they have created their own chains.

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