Nadia Boulanger Quote

The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways.... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and tears to himself. If they want to emerge, in spite of himself, then he must hide them or unleash them in someone else.


Reflections of Boulanger (1982)


The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways.... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and tears to...

The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways.... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and tears to...

The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways.... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and tears to...

The great conductor is always a despot by temperament and intractable in his ways.... The artist is obliged to keep his laughter and tears to...