Coaching Quote of the Day 20th December 2014
“Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.” (Anton Rubinstein)
“Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.” (Anton Rubinstein)
“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.” (Ernest Newman)
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” (Antoine de Saint)
This week’s TED Talk clip is from an independent TEDx event: Apply what you love | Phil Larsen | TEDxQUT Clip length: 13 mins 26 secs Prefer to watch on TED.com? In that case you’ll need to click here.
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” (Thomas Jefferson)
“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” (Emile Zola)
“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.” (George Bernard Shaw)
“Work lovingly done is the secret of all order and all happiness.” (Pierre-Auguste Renoir)