Famous Quotes

"My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table I had a tremendous music education."

Renee Fleming on Education

More quotes about Education

• "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

  Nelson Mandela on Education

• "The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

  Albert Einstein on Education

• "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

  Aristotle on Education

• "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."

  Maya Angelou on Education

• "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

  Oscar Wilde on Education

More quotes by Renee Fleming

• "I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks."

• "Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time."

• "Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored."

• "Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights."

• "I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music."