Talent is no accident of birth. In today’s society a good many people seem to have the idea that if one is born without talent, there is nothing he can do about it; they simply resign themselves to what they consider to be their fate.
What is man’s ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.
Patience is the absence of expectation.
Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as well as nobility and purity of mind.
An unlimited amount of ability can develop when parent and child are having fun together.
It is in our power to educate all the children of the world to become a little better as people, a little happier.
I cannot live without children.
Man is a child of his environment.
It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit.
Every child grows; everything depends on the teacher.
The heart that feels music will feel people.
Live by looking for things to do for other people.
A child’s slowness in any subject indicates a deficiency in his environment, educational or otherwise.
If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.
The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.
I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.
Tone has the living soul.
Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man’s whole personality, sensibility and ability.
The real essence of art turned out to be not something high up and far off – it was right inside my ordinary daily self – If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.
Art Exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world.
Practise only as many times as you have breakfast.