2010

Forward Thinkers

Since so much of this year’s Conference is focused on the possibilities of what the future holds for orchestras, we started thinking about various people who envisioned a different future or sought to be innovative for their respective fields. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be quoting many of them, with the hope of inspiring that one thought that could change the way we see orchestras.

It’s time to take on the future - you just need to be in the room.

Come to Atlanta for Conference 2010 and be a part of the conversation.

 

If time be of all things the most precious,
wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

Benjamin Franklin

franklin

 

Some men have thousands of reasons why
they cannot do what they want to, when all
they need is one reason why they can.

Martha Graham

Graham

 

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to
spend your whole life in the grandstand just
watching what goes on, in my opinion you're
wasting your life.

Jackie Robinson
 

 Robinson

 

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter
the course of history.

Mohandas Gandhi

Gandhi

 

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Einstein

 

Einstein

 

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Picasso 

 Picasso

 

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus
but a molder of consensus.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

King

 

I believe in being an innovator.

Walt Disney

Disney

 

We may encounter many defeats but we must not
be defeated.

Maya Angelou

Angelou

 

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few.
Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence.
A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.

Wynton Marsalis

 

Marsalis