Andre Kostelanetz Quotes (4 Quotes)

Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.

One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence.

We found Matisse living in a small house, with a magnificent, sweeping view beyond his vegetable garden. In one room there was a cage with a lot of fluttering birds. The place was covered with paintings, most of them obviously new ones. I marveled at his production and I asked him, 'What is your inspiration 'I grow artichokes, he said. His eyes smiled at my surprise and he went on to explain 'Every morning I go into the garden and watch these plants. I see the play of light and shade on the leaves and I discover new combinations of colors and fantastic patterns. I study them. They inspire me. Then I go back to the studio and paint.

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.