There Is Nothing Boring In Life Except

Nothing Is Better Than Music; When It Takes Us Out Of Time, It Has Done More For Us Than We Have The Right To Hope For.

Without Discipline, There Can Be No Freedom.

[on Being Asked How It Felt To Be The First Female Conductor Of The Boston Symphony:] I've Been A Woman For A Little More Than Fifty Years, And I've Gotten Over My Original Astonishment.

Everything We Know By Heart Enriches Us And Helps Us Find Ourselves. If It Should Get In The Way Of Finding Ourselves, It Is Because We Have No Personality.

Without A Strong Cup To Carry The Emotion, It Is Only A Curiosity. Great Art Can Come To Us Only In Strong Cups. Without Emotion, There Is Nothing To Carry.