The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.

The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.

Blessed is he who invented recording! But what a pity that he was not born centuries earlier! Think only of all that we would be able to hear and therefore understand better. Oh, the unending research in libraries and museums, the readings and collations of texts, the maddening desire to know the truth!

I never practice; I always play.

Friendship is more important than truth.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery!

You play Bach your way, and I’ll play him his way.