Creative Quotations from Ernest Newman (1868-1959)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Ernest Newman
(1868-1959) born on Nov 30

Englsh music critic. His writings are noted for their wit and elegance, and for their strict factual accuracy. He is best known for his far-reaching studies of Wagner, notably his biography of Wagner (4 vols, 1933--7).

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The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

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.

I sometimes wonder which would be nicer -- an opera without an interval, or an interval without an opera.

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

The good composer is slowly discovered, the bad composer is slowly found out.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Attributed.; In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
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A:	Berlioz, Romantic and Classic," (ed. Peter Heyworth)
N:	In "The Forbes Book of Business Quotations," by Ted Goodman, 1997.
K:	In "Quote Disk 1,2,3," by DBUG, 1991.