Oscar Hammerstein II citations

Oscar Hammerstein II, né le 12 juillet 1895 à New York et mort le 23 août 1960 à Doylestown , est un librettiste américain, auteur, parolier et producteur de comédies musicales. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. juillet 1895 – 23. août 1960
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Oscar Hammerstein II: Citations en anglais

“He's a meticulously hard worker and yet he'll roam the grass of his farm for hours and sometimes for days before he can bring himself to put a word on paper.”

Richard Rodgers, quoted in Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, 2007-12-12, 2004 http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/rodgers_hammerstein.html,
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“If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.”

"Getting to Know You", The King and I (1956).

“I hand him a lyric and get out of his way.”

On his partnership with Richard Rodgers, widely quoted, for example in Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, 2007-12-12, 2004 http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/rodgers_hammerstein.html,

“I beg your pardon. My husband wrote "Ol' Man River." Jerome Kern wrote "da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da."”

Dorothy Hammerstein, irritated at a woman who neglected her husband's contribution to Showboat
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