Ernest Newman Quotes

• 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

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• 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

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• The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

  Ernest Newman

  Voice, Intelligence, Intellect

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• A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out.

  Ernest Newman

  Music, Found, Composer

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• 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

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• 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

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• Jazz is not a 'form' but a collection of tags and tricks.

  Ernest Newman

  Tag, Jazz, Form

  "The World of Music". The Sunday Times, September 4, 1927.

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• I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

  Ernest Newman

  Ideas, Debussy, Stravinsky

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• 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

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• You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.

  Ernest Newman

  Dog, May, Sides

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• For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.

  Ernest Newman

  Musical, Costumes, Creation

  "Testament of Music: Essays and Papers".

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