#violin

When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you're telling a story. ↗

— Joshua Bell

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Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#acting #come #dance #feel #felt

Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

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I hope I will always have the chance to play the violin. ↗

— Joshua Bell

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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. ↗

— Victor Borge

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I had studied violin from age 7 to 14. ↗

— Amar Bose

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It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#discover #generosity #only #open #others

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. ↗

— John Lubbock

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I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

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