Violin Plays

Famous quotes containing the words violin and/or plays:

    “So I cradle this average violin that knows
    Only forgotten showtunes, but argues
    The possibility of free declamation anchored
    To a dull refrain....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “He plays o’the viol-de-gamboys, and speaks three or four languages word for word without book, and hath all the good gifts of nature.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)