You can't expect someone born into a family with no music...to understand when I'm conducting the Schönberg Variations.

An Israeli who thinks that his government is doing everything right wouldn't join the Divan Orchestra in the first place.

Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

Every great work of art has two faces, one towards its own time and one towards future, towards eternity.

You can't expect someone born into a family with no music...to understand when I'm conducting the Schönberg Variations.

Not only has the eyes taken over, but we have anaesthetised the ears through all the muzak that we hear all the time.

Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence.