Marilyn Horne Quotes

#1. In figure painting, the type of all painting, I have endeavoured to set forth that the principal if not sole source of life enchantments are Tactile Values, Movement and Space Composition.

Bernard Berenson

#2. You go beyond 'I want it. I want to have it' - to - 'I'm going to have it

Marilyn Horne

#3. Sometimes to be seen is the same thing as being saved.

Mary Rakow

#4. Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.

Marilyn Horne

#5. Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

Marilyn Horne

#6. I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the familiar surroundings, at the people who have come to hear me, to hear music.

Marilyn Horne

#7. The curious crime, the fine Felicity and flower of wickedness.

Robert Browning

#8. By making a soul connection, your true purpose in life will become the foundation of everything you do.

Deepak Chopra

#9. You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things.

Marilyn Horne

#10. I have a generally optimistic temperament and am thrilled by what I see as a rapidly growing food movement, especially among young people who care about how food is produced and what it does to their health and the environment.

Marion Nestle

#11. The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many.

Mark Z. Danielewski

#12. He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

#13. Age carries with it a double load of guilt

Jose Saramago

#14. You shouldn't take pride in your natural talents any more than you should take pride in your sex, your race or color of your hair

Marcus Buckingham

#15. I think I'm making a difference for a lot of young singers.

Marilyn Horne

#16. My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.

Marilyn Horne

#17. I think sometimes our minds get so full of something that we just have to empty them out.

Benjamin Alire Saenz

#18. Ninety percent of what's wrong with singers today is that they don't breathe right.

Marilyn Horne