A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

— Nadia Boulanger

Always remember your days are blessed. You may know how to profit from them, or you may not, but they are blessed.

— Nadia Boulanger

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

— Nadia Boulanger

It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.

— Nadia Boulanger

Life is denied by lack of attention whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

— Nadia Boulanger

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

— Nadia Boulanger

Nothing is better than music.... It has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.

— Nadia Boulanger

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice love passion.

— Nadia Boulanger

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

— Nadia Boulanger