A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.

I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic.

The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.

Einstein said that "the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious." So why do so many of us try to explain the beauty of music, thus depriving it of its mystery?

Children must receive music instruction as naturally as food, with as much pleasure as they derive from a ball game, and this must happen from the beginning of their lives.

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.

The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.