I am mentally preparing myself for the five-year-old mind. I want to come down to their physical limitations and up to their sense of wonder and awe.

Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.

Any child can be developed, it depends on how you do it

Tone has the living soul.

I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.

The real essence of art turned out to be not something high up and far off - it was right inside my ordinary daily self - If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.

It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit