Sir Arthur Sullivan quotes

Sir Arthur Sullivan quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Of all the arts I think Music has the most mighty, universal, and immediate effect.”
-- Sir Arthur Sullivan

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“One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the coal to come bubbling up to the surface. One must go deep down, and work out every vein carefully.”
-- Sir Arthur Sullivan

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“For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's experiments. Astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever.”
-- Sir Arthur Sullivan

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“The theatre is not the place for the musician. When the curtain is up the music interrupts the actor, and when it is down the music interrupts the audience.”
-- Sir Arthur Sullivan

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“I am terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music will be put on records forever.”
-- Sir Arthur Sullivan

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“Tax reform has been used as a crutch, as a smokescreen and as candy coating for the hard choices that have to be made.”
-- Sir Arthur Sullivan

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