Famous quotes containing the words boston and/or symphony:
“In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Philadelphia, Who were his parents?”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“The truth is, as every one knows, that the great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. No virtuous manthat is, virtuous in the Y.M.C.A. sensehas ever painted a picture worth looking at, or written a symphony worth hearing, or a book worth reading, and it is highly improbable that the thing has ever been done by a virtuous woman.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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