Eliot Kaplan
The last thing I need is to be buttonholed in here by someone exactly like me.
Tár quotes
Lydia Tár
[Referring to Mahler's Adagietto Symphony 5]
And this piece was not born into aching tragedy. It was born into young love.
Adam Gopnik
And so you chose...
Lydia Tár
Love.
Adam Gopnik
Right, but precisely how long?
Lydia Tár
Well, seven minutes!
Lydia Tár
Is there something wrong with the water?
Cirio
No. There are crocodiles.
Lydia Tár
Oh. I didn't think they'd be this far inland.
Cirio
They escaped from a Marlon Brando movie.
Lydia Tár
Wow. That was a long time ago.
Cirio
They survived.
Max
You're a **** bitch.
Lydia Tár
And you are a robot.
Olga Metkina
You have a child?
Lydia Tár
Yes.
Olga Metkina
I will never do that!
Lydia Tár
Pets are best for some people.
Lydia Tár
Don't be so eager to be offended. The narcissism of small differences leads to the most boring kind of conformity.
Lydia Tár
It is always the question that involves the listener, never the answer.
Lydia Tár
It's my score! You ****, little nothing!
Lydia Tár
The problem with enrolling yourself as an ultrasonic epistemic dissident is that if Bach's talent can be reduced to his gender, birth country, religion, sexuality, and so on, then so can yours. Now, some day, Max, when you go out into the world, and you guest conduct for a major or minor orchestra, you may notice that the players have more than light bulbs and music on their stands. They will also have been handed rating sheets - the purpose of which is to rate you. Now, what kind of criteria would you hope that they use to do this? Your score reading and stick technique, or something else?
Lydia Tár
There's no glory for a robot, Eliot. Do your own thing!
Lydia Tár
You want to dance the mask, you must service the composer. You gotta sublimate yourself, your ego, and, yes, your identity. You must, in fact, stand in front of the public and God and obliterate yourself.