Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.

I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter.

The art of not playing in tempo--one has to learn it. And the art of not playing what is written on the printed paper.

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.

Music will save the world.