Nadia Boulanger Quotes

"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
(Related: Love, Giving)

"Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece."
- Nadia Boulanger
(Related: Life, Attention, Trying, 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
(Related: Sex, Job, Woman, Years)

"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
(Related: Heart, Personality)

"Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so."
- Nadia Boulanger
(Related: Music)

"A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty."
- Nadia Boulanger
(Related: Work, Liberty, Obedience)