Ensemble Quotes

• When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass.

  David Sanborn

  Play, Nuance, Acoustics

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• If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

  Robert Schumann

  Teamwork, Play, Team Work

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• The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Artist, Hands, Design

  Frank Lloyd Wright (1925). “Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete 1925 "Wendingen" Series”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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• Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is a great way to jazz it up and make your ensemble more interesting.

  Christian Siriano

  Fun, Thinking, Shoes

  "Project Runway's Fiercest Designer Ever". Interview with Leonora Epstein, www.cosmopolitan.com. October29, 2008.

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• It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details.

  Henri Poincare

  Order, Giving, Unity

  "Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics". Book by Rahul Sarpeshkar (p. 3), 2010.

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• It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.

  Eugene Ormandy

  Funny, Perfect, Together

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• Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.

  Eric Bogosian

  Chess, Hard

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• It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me.

  Cecilia Bartoli

  Interesting, Joy, Collaboration

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• The oldest form of theater is the dinner table.

  Michael J. Fox

  Tables, Dinner, Form

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• The cast of 'Vikings' is a real team, a true ensemble. It's a mad, eclectic, great bunch! But we support each other and trust each other completely. There are no egos.

  Clive Standen

  Real, Team, Mad

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble.

  Gerry Mulligan

  Horny, Want, Mulligans

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• I got so lucky on my 'Red Widow' cast. It was just the universe looking out for me that I got those actors. It's a big ensemble cast, a very international cast. I don't know how that happened.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Lucky, Widows, Actors

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• I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you.

  Mark Hamill

  Fun, Character, Love Is

  "Mark Hamill revisits Sushi Girl, Batman, and The Simpsons". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. November 8, 2012.

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• Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others to his cause. A very fine musician.

  Paul Bley

  Writing, Play, Piano

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• It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Attention, Splits, Energy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

  Gavin Bryars

  Hard Times, Knows, Hard

  Klassiknet Interview, www.culturekiosque.com.

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• I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

  Adam Arkin

  Team, Player, Firefighter

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well.

  David Hyde Pierce

  Support, I've Learned, Casts

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• Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.

  Steven Bochco

  Opportunity, People, Hills

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• One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series.

  Ted Danson

  Cheer, Actors, Ingredients

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• I learn so much more in an ensemble movie.

  Ryan Phillippe

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• It's more fun in a way to do ensemble scenes, where you know your background, you know the scene, but you can't prepare because someone else is going to say something that is going to lead you off

  Fred Willard

  Fun, Way, Scene

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• Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes.

  Chuck Mangione

  School, Class, Musician

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• I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures

  Brian De Palma

  Character, Long, Acting

  Brian De Palma, Laurence F. Knapp (2003). “Interviews”, p.60, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.

  Damon Albarn

  Men, Listening, Taught

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