To live is not enough; we must take part.

Say things to the world that are true.

For twelve years I studied and worked at them every day, and I was nearly 25 before I had the courage to play one of them in public. Before I did, no violinist or cellist had ever played a Suite in its entirety.

Do we dare be ourselves? That is the question that counts.

Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of music, of man. For only what is learned in that way is truly understood.

The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked.

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