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PostPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:12 pm    Post subject: A funny Sibelius quote Reply with quote

Everyone knows the "statue of a critic" quote, but here's a quote I encountered a while back by Sibelius that I thought was funny:

"It is difficult to keep company with artists. You have to choose businessmen if you want to converse, because artists only talk about money."
--Jean Sibelius as reported by Bengt von Trne


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A hundred years later, this quote could be aptly adjusted to read:

"... orchestra players only talk about money."

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a bit odd; I thought the businessman's business is money-making... but I suppose the artist is harder-put to get money. Interesting.
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