Nadia Boulanger

Quotes by Nadia Boulanger

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Musician and teacher · French · 1887–1979

French musician and teacher (1887–1979)

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“Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.”

“A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.”

“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice love passion.”

“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.”

“It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.”

“Nothing is better than music.... It has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.”

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“Always remember your days are blessed. You may know how to profit from them or you may not, but they are blessed.”
— Nadia Boulanger
inspirational-attitude

“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.”
— Nadia Boulanger
Passion Choice You

“Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.”
— Nadia Boulanger
Love Best Child

“A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.”
— Nadia Boulanger
Great Liberty Obedience

“Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.”
— Nadia Boulanger
Die You Up

“Nothing is better than music.... It has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.”
— Nadia Boulanger
music

“It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.”
— Nadia Boulanger
recognize maximize

“Life is denied by lack of attention whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.”
— Nadia Boulanger
time

“The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice love passion.”
— Nadia Boulanger
instincts

“Life is denied by lack of attention whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.”
— Nadia Boulanger
time

“Anyone who acts without paying attention to what he is doing is wasting his life. I'd go so far as to say life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a...”
— Nadia Boulanger