Quotes by

Leonard Bernstein

The second fiddle. I can get plenty of first violinists, but to find someone who can play the second fiddle with enthusiasm – Leonard Bernstein

Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time – Leonard Bernstein

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. – Leonard Bernstein

This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before. – Leonard Bernstein

To achieve great things, two things are needed a plan, and not quite enough time. – Leonard Bernstein

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. – Leonard Bernstein

The joy of music should never be interrupted by a commercial. – Leonard Bernstein