One should be able to say to our children: You are a marvel! You are unique. In all the world, there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed, there has never been another child like you! ... and when you grow up, can you harm another who is, like you, a marvel?

To retire is to begin to die.

Resist doing things that have no meaning for life.

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

The art of not playing in tempo--one has to learn it. And the art of not playing what is written on the printed paper.

You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. 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.