The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.
Source: Attributed.; In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Ernest Newman, (Nov 30 1868-1959), 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).