Best Quotes by Nadia Boulanger (Top 9)
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The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
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Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
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I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.
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The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document; it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age.
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Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
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It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.
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