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The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an

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

Ernest Newman
Jobs, Work, Inspiration

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

Ernest Newman
Doe, Inspired, Composer

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

Ernest Newman
Voice, Intelligence, Intellect

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

Ernest Newman
Music, Found, Composer

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.

Ernest Newman
Play, Voice, Mind

The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for inspiration.

Ernest Newman
Inspiration, Waiting, Waste

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

Ernest Newman
Tag, Jazz, Form
"The World of Music". The Sunday Times, September 4, 1927.

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

Ernest Newman
Ideas, Debussy, Stravinsky

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

Ernest Newman
Jobs, Inspiration, Hands

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

Ernest Newman
Dog, May, Sides

For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.

Ernest Newman
Musical, Costumes, Creation
"Testament of Music: Essays and Papers".

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