Everyone should in some way be creative, irrespective of the quality of that which he creates.

We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the knowledge that this path is but a learning process... We have to keep on learning, creating, applying, by-passing, touching upon, refining and clarifying a number of notions and details that need to be improvised and applied and which, thank God, we cannot foresee. The only rigidity lies in our will, our conviction that we are on the right road and that our initiatives are most pressing.

It is a technique ideally suited to prevent physical and mental illness and to protect the body generally, developing an inevitable sense of self-reliance and assurance.

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.

In all teaching there must be a fusion of authority as an adult providing a stable framework for the children in one's care, and humility as another human being ready to educate an equal who may turn out to be a superior.

To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.

I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.