The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.
Ethel Barrymore
Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.
Leonard Bernstein
I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.
James Levine
I was different from most young conductors today.
Kurt Masur
I played with the best conductors of the world.
Mstislav Rostropovich
Composers are not all good conductors.
Anton Seidl
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience.
George Szell
Conductors are performers.
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.
Michael Tippett
I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.
Zubin Mehta