Ernest Newman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an accountant settles down each day to his figures. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.
-- Ernest Newman

#Jobs #Work #Inspiration
The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.
-- Ernest Newman

#Doe #Inspired #Composer
The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
-- Ernest Newman

#Voice #Intelligence #Intellect
A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.
-- Ernest Newman

#Music #Found #Composer
Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.
-- Ernest Newman

#Tag #Jazz #Form
The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for inspiration.
-- Ernest Newman

#Inspiration #Waiting #Waste
If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The Creation.
-- Ernest Newman

#Musical #Costumes #Creation
The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.
-- Ernest Newman

#Play #Voice #Mind
Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.
-- Ernest Newman

#Jobs #Inspiration #Hands
You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.
-- Ernest Newman

#Dog #Helping

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