How could anybody think of Bach as 'cold' when these [cello] suites seem to shine with the most glittering kind of poetry," Casals said. "As I got on with the study I discovered a new world of space and beauty... the feelings I experienced were among the purest and most intense in my artistic life!
Pablo CasalsThe art of not playing in tempo--one has to learn it. And the art of not playing what is written on the printed paper.
Pablo CasalsI do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature.
Pablo CasalsOne should be able to say to our children: You are a marvel! You are unique. In all the world, there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed, there has never been another child like you! ... and when you grow up, can you harm another who is, like you, a marvel?
Pablo Casals