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

In times of totalitarian or autocratic rule, music (indeed culture in general) is often the only avenue of independent thought. It is the only way people can meet as equals, and exchange ideas. Culture then becomes primarily the voice of the oppressed and it takes over from politics as a driving force for change.

I don't believe that the entire world is constantly anti-Semitic.

In the long term, Israel's security rests on only one pillar: the Palestinians' acceptance of the country. It isn't the atom bomb that makes Israel secure.

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

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

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