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Nadia Boulanger
French
Musician
About the author
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
Nadia Boulanger,
French
Musician
#Love
#Passion
#Choice
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,
French
Musician
#Love
#Giving
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.
Nadia Boulanger,
French
Musician
#Life
#Trying
#Attention
#Windows
I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a job where I don't think sex plays much part.
Nadia Boulanger,
French
Musician
#Years
#Woman
#Job
#Sex
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.
Nadia Boulanger,
French
Musician
#Heart
#Personality
Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
Nadia Boulanger,
French
Musician
#Music
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
Nadia Boulanger,
French
Musician
#Work
#Liberty
#Obedience