When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not exist at all, through the power of declamation and suggestion. So in Bach. There is but one voice -- and many voices have to be suggested.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens.

Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of music, of man. For only what is learned in that way is truly understood.

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

When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not exist at all, through the power of declamation and suggestion. So in Bach. There is but one voice -- and many voices have to be suggested.