Violin Plays

Famous quotes containing the words violin and/or plays:

    “Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)

    “[Allegory] should ... be very sparingly practised, lest, whilst the writer plays with his own fancies and diverts himself by cutting the air with his wide spread wings, he should soar out of view of his readers, leaving them in confusion and perplexity to explore his viewless track.”
    —Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)