“It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can b...

“I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work. Whoever wants...

“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.”― Artur Schnabel ...

“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to lov...

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” - Frank Lloyd Wright Isaac Ilyich Levitan (Russian: Исаа́к...

“What really counts isn’t whether your instrument is Baroque or modern: It’s your mindset.” - Simon Rattle   Giuseppe Antonio Paganelli...

“April’s air stirs in Willow-leaves...a butterfly Floats and balances” ― Matsuo Bashō   Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c.1656 – Augu...

“Our influences are who we are. It’s rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision.” - Eddie Vedder   Maurice Sterne (August 18, 187...

“There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.” - Clara Schumann   Nicola (Antonio) Po...

“Graupner is one of those unfortunate victims of fate and circumstance - a contemporary of Bach, Handel, Telemann, etc., who has remained...

“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.” - Iris Murdoch   Alexander Sigov was bor...

“She had passed her whole life as does everyone, rushing and dreaming in blind, deaf refusal of the miracle of each moment.” ― Umberto Ba...

“A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, be the testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he...

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ― Maya Angelou   Giovanni Bened...

“When you play, never mind who listens to you.” – Robert Schumann   František Xaver Dušek (German: Franz Xaver Duschek or Dussek); bap...

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?” – Buddha   Giaco...

“If God had designed the orchestra, then the cello was His greatest accomplishment.” ― RickMoody   Domenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 o...

“How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts!” ― Benjamin Franklin Arcangelo Corelli , (born Feb. 17, 1653, Fusignano, ...

“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.” ― Jane Austen   Alexandros Christofis or Alex...