In music, symphonies are elongated forms of musical compositions for an orchestra that comprises several sections and movements.
The concept of symphony originated in the mid-18th century which is often referred to as the Classical period in European music. In our day-to-day life, the symphony of love and life is a moment where the mind is at peace and in sync with the soul.
Philosophically, the symphony in life is believed to be achieved when the heart and the mind are in sync with each other. The symphony quotes here will give you a glimpse of the thoughts of some of the greatest minds to have walked Earth on the everyday symphony.
Famous Symphony Quotes
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(The following list of Symphony quotes are some of the best ones of all time.)
Symphony quotes have led several people to understand themselves and eventually lead a better life.
“Each person in the world is different and has their own beautiful sound in the symphony of life.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin.
“I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.” - Alan Dean Foster.
“My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.” - Fernando Pessoa.
“Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you.” - Max Lucado.
“When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there’s a big, sweeping sound that just doesn’t get on to a record.” – Teddy Wilson.
“The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.” - Herbert von Karajan.
“God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It’s a way of expressing our humanity.” - Julie Harris.
“Meditation is not about any philosophy, spirituality or a religion. Its a path less path. Its a silent journey from slavery to freedom. Its all about composing beautiful symphony of life with ultimate joy, love and peace.” - Aditya Ajmera.
“But today I was having the ‘missing you’ silence. I was missing Seher like the parched Earth misses the Rain. I was missing her laughter, which was my favorite symphony.” - 'Why the Silhouette?', Avijeet Das.
“The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn’t just playing, it’s about developing future audiences and performers.” - Leonard Slaktin.
Short Symphony Quotes
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(These symphony quotes are some of the shorter ones in length but carry a meaningful message.)
Human beings have excelled when their lives have achieved symphony and the brains tend to be in harmony with reality.
“A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” - Gustav Mahler.
“We are each but a quarter note in a grand symphony.” - Guy Laliberte.
“Powerful words harmonize heart and mind as if a symphony.” – Toba Beta.
“The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world.” – Jane Byrne.
“The man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” – James Crook.
“You can’t play a symphony alone, it takes an orchestra to play it.” – Navjot Singh Sidhu.
“For better or worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.” - Dale Carnegie.
“Powerful words harmonize heart and mind as if a symphony.” - 'Master of Stupidity', Toba Beta.
“No technology comes close to the effect of a live symphony orchestra.” - John de Lancie.
“If I weren't the way I am, I shouldn't write my symphonies.” - Gustav Mahler.
Best Symphony Quotes
Over the years, people have spoken some of the funniest symphony quotes in several of their speeches and books, some of these have been included below.
“History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is a poem with events as verses.” - Charles Angoff.
“Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.” - B.K.S. Iyengar.
“To practice your scales, so to speak, in order play the symphony, is what you have to do as a young poet.” - Rita Dove.
“A man must pay the fiddler, in my case it so happened that a whole symphony orchestra often had to be subsidized.” - John Barrymore.
“Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes.” - Aaron Copland.
“The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other.” – Arthur Rubinstein.
“The perfect orchestration of the symphony of life is one of the Creator's greatest and most beautiful miracles.” - Suzy Kassem.
Interesting Symphony Quotes
Generally, one can understand the true meaning of symphony quotes but on occasion, some of these quotes tend to have a deeper meaning. Some such interesting symphony quotes are provided below.
“Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.” - David Ives.
“Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the music.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan.
“Symphonies begin with one note; fires with one flame; gardens with one flower; and masterpieces with one stroke.” – Matshona Dhliwayo.
“Symphony starts when you walk together, feel the heart beats and understand the unspoken words.” - 'Englightenment Step by Step', Amit Ray.
“The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.” - Benjamin Zander.
“The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.” - Andres Segovia.
“When we feel, a kind of lyric is sung in our heart. When we think, a kind of music is played in our mind. In harmony, both create a beautiful symphony of life.” – Toba Beta.
“The framework of a symphony must be so strong that it forces you to follow it, regardless of the environment and circumstances.” – Jean Sibelius.
“Harmony is a symphony, and symphony is an agreement; but an agreement of disagreements while they disagree there cannot be; you cannot harmonize that which disagrees.” – Plato.
“In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.” - Max Lucado.
“If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.” - Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
“The G-minor Symphony consists of eight remarkable measures surrounded by a half-hour of banality.” - Glenn Gould.
“How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?” - Desmond Tutu.
“The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.” – Chick Corea.
“Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.” - Victor Borge.
