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

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

The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man.

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.

What do we teach our children? . . . We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique . . . You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything.

As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever.