31 Quotes by Michael Tippett

Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater.

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.

I remain a humanist. We are a very curious race.

I'm outside the music I've made. I have no interest in it.

Shakespeare fascinated me. He hardly ever left the country. His imagination was worldwide though reading.

Shiva danced the world into existence... that's a very nice thought.

The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare.

This is something special. You can attempt to have a kind of non-living music.

When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.