The Art Of Not Playing

For Twelve Years I Studied And Worked At Them Every Day, And I Was Nearly 25 Before I Had The Courage To Play One Of Them In Public. Before I Did, No Violinist Or Cellist Had Ever Played A Suite In Its Entirety.

For Me, Bach Is Like Shakespeare. He Has Known All And Felt All. He Is Everything.

We Ought To Think That We Are One Of The Leaves Of A Tree, And The Tree Is All Humanity. We Cannot Live Without The Others, Without The Tree.

The Situation Is Hopeless, We Must Take The Next Step.

Let Us Not Forget That The Greatest Composers Were Also The Greatest Thieves. They Stole From Everyone And Everywhere.