The 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.

A way of life which excludes the realm of the unknown and the mysterious is simply not in harmony with life itself.

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

We are living in a world where the individual must learn to command the raw materials of expression. He must not be dependent all the time on the ready-made, the finished product. It's the transferring, the changing of the raw into what is the expression of your own self – the whole joy and satisfaction and frustration of life is built into this.

The ultimate aim in life should be to fulfill to the utmost all that within our ability and to share that which is good and beautiful.

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

Our life must have an aim, but we must also ensure that the direction we take is a good one.