Ernest Newman Quotes & Sayings

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

#2. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

#3. 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.

#4. 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.

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

#6. The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

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

#8. The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

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

Ernest Newman Quotes