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

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

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens.

Thank God, I'll never have to play the cello again.

The answer to helplessness is not so very complicated.

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.