Nathan Milstein famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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It's no use practicing too much. First you have to find out how to do it best. You have to be able to invent ways of doing better. Not only practice; obviously you have to practice. But to invent things how to do better. If somebody doesn't know what invention means, he should stop violin playing! You can't explain everything... Not practicing only: Think how to achieve quality.
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Exactness of intention produces elegance of style.
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Some musicians are not great technicians, but they give you a rich point of view.
-- Nathan Milstein
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.
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I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
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I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.
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If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.
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I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
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Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.
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Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.
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I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.
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