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Leopold Stokowski
7 quotes
“I understand you are doing "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." I would love to do that for you. I will do it for nothing.”
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) first seen 1940 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During a chance meeting in a restaurant with Walt Disney. Stokowski's influence expanded the project and the idea eventually evolved into the landmark animation feature film Fantasia (1940), for which Stokowski had sugg…
“As a boy I remember how terribly real the statues of the saints would seem at 7 o'clock Mass-before I'd had breakfast. From that I learned always to conduct hungry.”
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The New York Times (18 April 1967)
“A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.”
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Addressing an audience at Carnegie Hall, as quoted in The New York Times (11 May 1967); often this is quoted without the humorous final sentence.
“It is my profound wish that this entire collection shall be devoted to the advancement of fine music for the continued enjoyment of music enthusiasts throughout the United States, be they students of the arts, performing artists, or members of that vast audience of music lovers among the American public.”
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I simply make music, and people have always been foolish enough to pay me for it. I never told them that I would have done it all for nothing. CBS TV 1976”
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet— I am a martinetissimo.”
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement recalled in obituaries (13 September 1977), as quoted in Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations (1988) compiled by James B. Simpson
“I believe that music can be an inspirational force in all our lives — that its eloquence and the depth of its meaning are all-important, and that all personal considerations concerning musicians and the public are relatively unimportant — that music come from the heart and returns to the heart — that music is spontaneous, impulsive expression — that its range is without limit — that music is forever growing — that music can be one element to help us build a new conception of life in which the madness and cruelty of wars will be replaced by a simple understanding of the brotherhood of man. Music can be all things to all men. It is like a great dynamic sun in the center of a solar system which sends out its rays and inspiration in every direction. … It is as if the heavens open and a divine voice calls. Something in our souls responds and understands. We are speaking here of the most inspired music.”
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Music For All Of Us (1943); also quoted as "...Music can be all things to all persons...