Harold C. Schonberg Quotes

• There is a love-hate relationship between New York and the rest of the country, but New York is unarguably the city that sets the standards, the city in which all who have anything to do with the arts dream of working and succeeding.

  Harold C. Schonberg

  Country, Dream, Art

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• When Callas carried a grudge, she planted it, nursed it, fostered it, watered it and watched it grow to sequoia size.

  Harold C. Schonberg

  Size, Grudge, Grows

  Harold C. Schonberg (1985). “The virtuosi: classical music's legendary performers from Paganini to Pavarotti”, Vintage

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• Anybody who gets away with something will come back to get away with a little bit more.

  Harold C. Schonberg

  Discipline, Littles, Get Away

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• Last night at Carnegie Hall, Jack Benny played Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn lost.

  Harold C. Schonberg

  Music, Night, Lasts

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• By and large, musicians respect New York audiences, and also are greatly concerned about New York reviews.

  Harold C. Schonberg

  New York, Musician, Reviews

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