What did Stephen Sondheim mean by: Deciding what is to be sung and what is not to be sung is really what writing a musical is about. Stephen Sondheim Composer Copy
Every writer I’ve ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Authenticity, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something’s bound to linger-be heard. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Communication, Movement, Perception, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Adventure, Comparison, Potential, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Creativity, Efficiency, Inspiration, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
Everyone tells tiny lies, what’s important really is the size. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Deception, Importance, Morality, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Impermanence, Opportunity, Seizing, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
To wish and wait From day to day Will never keep The wolves away. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Danger, Wait, Wish, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
I’ve always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I’ve done. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Sondheim, Performance, Preference, Talent, 0 Stephen Sondheim Composer
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
