Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

The miracle of Bach has not appeared in any other art. To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities with spiritual fervour, to give wings of eternity to that which is most ephemeral; to make divine things human and human things divine; such is Bach, the greatest and purest moment in music of all time.

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

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

To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.

For twelve years I studied and worked at them every day, and I was nearly 25 before I had the courage to play one of them in public. Before I did, no violinist or cellist had ever played a Suite in its entirety.

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.