The emotional state that leads to achievements resembles that of a worshiper or the lover.

Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.

The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it - that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed.

I do not play games. There is not time for it. When I get through with work, I don't want anything that requires the working of the mind.

In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence.

I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin.

Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it.