The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

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

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

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.

You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

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

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