I would hate to think I am not an amature. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid, the professional hates what he is doing. So, I'd rather be an amateur.
Yehudi MenuhinI can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
Yehudi MenuhinEveryone should in some way be creative, irrespective of the quality of that which he creates.
Yehudi MenuhinThe art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful transforming force and a generator of creative solutions in relation to a given problem. It is the currency of human exchanges, which enables the sharing of states of the soul and conscience, and the discovery of new fields of experience.
Yehudi Menuhin