A biography for Eugene Ormandyhasn’t been written yet.
“It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.”
“I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play.”
“Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?”
“Beauty is less important than quality.”
“It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.”
“The notes are right, but if I listened they would be wrong.”
“Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.”
“Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.”
“I can conduct better than I count.”
“There is a shadow on every page.”
“It's hot as hell as can be.”
“I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.”
“Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.”
“With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.”
“I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar.”
“I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.”
“It is not together, but the ensemble is perfect.”
“During the rests - pray.”
“I wrote it the right way, so it was copied the wrong way right. I mean the right way wrong.”
“If you don't have it in your part, leave it out, because there is enough missing already.”