A Century of Wisdom is universal and will enrich readers for generations to come.

Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

Everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop.

Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled.

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

Every musical phrase has a purpose. It's like talking. If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if you just recite, it's not as meaningful.

Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.