I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter.

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

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

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

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.

The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.

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