70 Ensemble Quotes

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Famous Ensemble Quotes

Arrange whatever pieces come your way. - Virginia Woolf

Arrange whatever pieces come your way. — Virginia Woolf

The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle

All things arise in unison. Thereby we see their return. — Lao Tzu

Wherever we are, we are as one — Cassandra Clare

The fabric of existence weaves itself whole. — Charles Ives

Each element of the cosmos is positively woven from all the others...The universe holds together, and only one way of considering it is really possible, that is, to take it as a whole, in one piece. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. — Michel de Montaigne

When I have them working together, it's like a beautiful kaleidoscope. — Ornette Coleman

the universe and its beings are a complementarity of empty infinity, intimate interrelationships, and total uniqueness of each and every being. — Matsuo Basho

We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity. — Maria Montessori

Unite; for combination is stronger than witchcraft. - Toussaint Louverture

Unite; for combination is stronger than witchcraft. — Toussaint Louverture

We seem to inhabit a universe made up of a small number of elements-particles-bits that swirl in chaotic clouds, occasionally clustering together in geometrically logical temporary configurations. — Timothy Leary

The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony. — Heraclitus

We're all working together; that's the secret. - Sam Walton

We're all working together; that's the secret. — Sam Walton

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. — Henry Ford

Short Ensemble Quotes

  • I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble. — Adam Arkin
  • You are not alone in the world. You are part of an ensemble. — Rich Mullins
  • The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. — Michael J. Fox
  • The Emmy should be an ensemble award, too. I kept howling at everyone else's performances. — Jeffrey Tambor
  • Yeah, I love doing ensemble pieces. You get to meet so many new people and make new friends. — Devon Sawa
  • Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess. — Eric Bogosian
  • Do you prefer ‘fashion victim’ or ‘ensembly challenged’? — Alicia Silverstone
  • If you've only got one horn playing, I still want the sense of ensemble. — Gerry Mulligan
  • I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always. — James Levine
  • I learn so much more in an ensemble movie. — Ryan Phillippe

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More Ensemble Quotes

When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass. — David Sanborn

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place. — Robert Schumann

The greatest contribution jazz has made in music has been to replace the role of the conductor with a member of the ensemble who, instead of waving his arms to keep time and convey mood, is an active member of the musical statement. That person is the drummer. — Elvin Jones

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty. — Frank Lloyd Wright

It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; in a word it is all that introduces order, all that gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details. — Henri Poincare

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. — Mariah Carey

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever. — Zoe Saldana

In spite of my great admiration for individual splendid talents I do not accept the star system. Collective creative effort is the root of our kind of art. That requires ensemble acting and whoever mars that ensemble is committing a crime not only against his comrades but also against the very art of which he is the servant. — Konstantin Stanislavisky

Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is a great way to jazz it up and make your ensemble more interesting. — Christian Siriano

Which is why you chose to wear that delightful ensemble from the skank-wear collection at Hoes-n-Thangs?" -Tommy — Christopher Moore

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me. — Cecilia Bartoli

Even though I started playing the violin when I was four, my early chamber music experiences helped build a strong foundation for my solo work, as all music is a rich language and dialogue that is shared on stage, no matter what the size of the ensemble. — Anne Akiko Meyers

I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you. — Mark Hamill

The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true. — Ernest Renan

When you go and you tell a studio and that it's an ensemble, that doesn't mean a lot to them. But, my hats off to Paramount and Warner Brothers, because when we told them that these were the kinds of people that we want to get, across the board, they were unbelieveably enthusiastic about it. — David Fincher

'7th Heaven' was a big ensemble cast, so everyone would get a turn. Basically, I'd get a script that focused on my character and think, 'Oh, I'm working every day this week.' The mindset was I've got more to do, so I had to focus. — Tyler Hoechlin

When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and I and Robby and Jim were pretty tight, musically and spiritually. — John Densmore

The reason why lovers and their mistresses never tire of being together is that they are always talking of themselves. [Fr., Ce qui fait que amants et les maitresses ne s'ennuient point d'etre ensemble; c'est qu'ils parlent toujours d'eux memes.] — Francois de la Rochefoucauld

The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot. — Michael J. Fox

The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone. — Damon Albarn

I was commuting three to four hours a day, I had jobs for much of it. But I was always involved in going to some ensemble someplace. Taking my lessons at the local Jewish community center on Staten Island. — Jon Gordon

I've appeared in those kind of films and have great fun doing it, and I'm always up for a challenge. I think with things like Mission: Impossible and Star Trek, those things are such an ensemble, it's not like I'm Ethan Hunt. I'm Benji. I'm the guy that does the computer business. I know my place. — Simon Pegg

The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and orchestrating going on here, and the soloists perform at top level. — Horace Silver

All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element of truth - it requires an ensemble of correct assumptions and valid calculations. — Henry Petroski

If you are in an improv jazz ensemble or a small chamber group, you learn to think fast on your feet and how to be flexible and to collaborate and compromise, and that may yield a creative outcome. — J. Richard Hackman

Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others to his cause. A very fine musician. — Paul Bley

It's a lot harder to do an ensemble because your energy is going in so many different places, and you have to cover everybody. You have to sort of split your attention. — Zooey Deschanel

I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well. — David Hyde Pierce

One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series. — Ted Danson

Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired. — Steven Bochco

I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode. — Patricia Heaton

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. — Gavin Bryars

Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes. — Chuck Mangione

The students were missing out a lot in their ensemble playing because they weren't listening to each other or the environment. — Pauline Oliveros

I had dance training from a very young age, 3 or 4... It taught me how to present myself, about preparation and working in an ensemble, and its something that carries with me to this day. — Michelle Dockery

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