James Levine Quotes

A lot of people get impatient with the pace of change.
James Levine

Change, Pace, Impatient

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.
James Levine

Work, Treat, Office

Art has never been a popularity contest.
James Levine

Art, Popularity, Contest

But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.
James Levine

Important, Lie, Down

Employee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table.
James Levine

Dad, Family, Put

I was lucky that I met the right mentors and teachers at the right moment.
James Levine

Teacher, Moment, Lucky

Second, if you're the boss, just because they don't ask doesn't mean your employees don't have needs.
James Levine

Mean, Boss, Second

There is no relationship between the gestures and what an orchestra will do.
James Levine

Between, Orchestra, Gestures

And so, little by little, I gradually divested myself of pretty nearly all of the guest conducting I used to do, because I was at the same time working in the places like the Met, where I could work in this sort of depth.
James Levine

Work, Time, Pretty

And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about the same.
James Levine

Women, Men, Same

As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.
James Levine

Around, Sure, Generation

At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.
James Levine

Age, Teaching, Naturally

Everybody blames the culture without taking responsibility.
James Levine

Everybody, Culture, Taking

Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.
James Levine

Great, Whether, Nor

I can imagine wanting to work with this ensemble and this company always.
James Levine

Work, Company, Imagine

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.
James Levine

Treasure, Orchestra, Era

I have a big problem with conductors who gesture a lot.
James Levine

Problem, Big, Gesture

I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.
James Levine

Voice, Drama, Orchestra

I thought I'd write one book and the world would change overnight.
James Levine

Change, Book, Thought

If you factor in not just who's doing what at home, but how much more time working fathers are spending on work outside the home, on average they spend two hours more per day outside the home.
James Levine

Work, Time, Home

It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is - like Verdi said - working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestra's collective qualities emerge.
James Levine

Play, Working, Said

It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.
James Levine

Dating, Kept, Honeymoon

It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that.
James Levine

It's just that, when the orchestra look at me, I want them to see a completely involved person who reflects what we rehearsed, and whose function is to make it possible for them to do it.
James Levine

Person, Possible, Involved

More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad.
James Levine

Amazing, Home, Mom

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Nationality: American

Born: May 24, 1943

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