Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Anthony Stokowskiwas a British conductor of Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th Century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and for appearing in the film Fantasia. He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed...
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth18 April 1882
Leopold Stokowski quotes about
english-musician music musicians painter paints pictures provide
A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence.
real boys breakfast
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.
matter technicalities intonation
On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet - I am a martinetissimo.
meaningful moving artist
It's hard to put into words the impact of the perfect lyric, melody or contagious beat that moves you in an unexpected way. Authors, composers and artists have tried - and here we've rounded up our favorite quotes that help to begin forming structure around such an unspoken universal force. Which are most meaningful to you? If you had to sum up the power of music and sound in one sentence, what would you say?"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence."
beautiful strong laughter
I believe in a passionately strong feeling for the poetry of life - for the beautiful, the mysterious, the romantic, the ecstatic - the loveliness of Nature, the lovability of people, everything that excites us, everything that starts our imagination working, LAUGHTER, gaiety, strength, heroism, love, tenderness, every time we see - however dimly - the godlike that is in everyone and want to kneel in reverence.
men soul desire
It seemed impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce, and so I endured this wretched existence an excitable body which a sudden change can throw from the best into the worst state. Patience I must now choose for my guide, and I have done so. Divine One, thou lookest into my inmost soul, thou knowest it, thou knowest that love of man and desire to do good live therein.
done appeals mediums
Music appeals to me for what can be done with it.
inspiration voice heaven
Music can be all things to all persons. It is like a great dynamic sun in the center of a solar system which sends out its rays and inspiration in every direction.... Music makes us feel that the heavens open and a divine voice calls. Something in our souls responds and understands.
essence essence-of-life highest
The highest reaches of music come thrillingly close to the central core and essence of life itself.
people done pay
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.
war heart simple
Music comes from the heart and returns to the heart... music is spontaneous, impulsive expression... its range is without limit... forever growing... 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.
hurt feels marvelous
Conscience is that which hurts when everything else feels marvelous.
music silence sound
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.