Definition of Classical

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Classical

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.

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Classical Quotations

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.
George Orwell

Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world.
Yo-Yo Ma

If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost.
Michel Foucault

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can't do.
Neil Gaiman

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.
John Polkinghorne

When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have to put in six.
Alicia Keys

Physicists are more like avant-garde composers, willing to bend traditional rules... Mathematicians are more like classical composers.
Brian Greene

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Samuel Johnson

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.
Stevie Nicks

Classical Translations

classical in Afrikaans is klassiek
classical in Dutch is klassikaal, klassiek
classical in French is classique
classical in German is altsprachlich, klassischer, klassisch
classical in Hungarian is klasszikus
classical in Swedish is klassisk

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