Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience.

In music one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.

Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

Do you know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much.