Famous Leonard Bernstein Quotes
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.– Leonard Bernstein
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.– Leonard Bernstein
I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic.– Leonard Bernstein
I’m no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.– Leonard Bernstein
Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning … except its own.– Leonard Bernstein
This will be our reply to violence:to make music more intensely,more beautifully,more devotedly than ever before.– Leonard Bernstein
Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.– Leonard Bernstein