Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.

I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful. And I feel that I am myself because I have never taken music lightly. Music is the manifestation of God, like everything else.

You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.

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

I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature.

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.