The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.

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

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.

Of course, I continue to play and to practice. I think I would do so if I lived for another hundred years.

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.

The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.

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