Ernest Newman Quotes

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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