“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.”

Leonard Bernstein

“I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.”

Leonard Bernstein

“The Rhapsody is not a composition at all. It's a string of separate paragraphs stuck together — with a thin paste of flour and water… I don’t think there has been such an inspired melodist on this ear...”

Leonard Bernstein

“The trouble with you and me, Ned, is that we want everyone in the world to personally love us, and of course that's impossible; you just don't meet everyone in the world.”

Leonard Bernstein

“Einstein said that "the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious." So why do so many of us try to explain the beauty of music, thus depriving it of its mystery?”

Leonard Bernstein