Pablo Casals quotes

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all. (Pablo Casals)
Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.. View quote
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The CHILD must know that he is a MIRACLE, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world will not be, another child like him. View quote
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man. View quote
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Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. View quote
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Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of music, of man. For only what is learned in that way is truly understood. View quote
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I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young. View quote
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To live is not enough; we must take part. View quote
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To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world. View quote
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I have not played the cello in front of an audience since long years but I think I must do it this time. I am going to play a melody from the Catalonian folklore: The singing of the Birds. Birds, when in the sky, go singing: Peace, peace, peace. And this is a melody that Bach, Beethoven and all great people would have admired and loved. And, in addition, it springs up from the soul of my country: Catalonia. View quote
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To retire is to begin to die. (Pablo Casals)
I am an old man, but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life. View quote
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This is the greatest honour I have ever received in my life. Peace has always been my greatest concern. View quote
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I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. View quote
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? View quote
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The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. View quote
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Music will save the world. View quote
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The art of interpretation is not to play what is written. View quote
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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do. View quote
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere. View quote
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You must work - we must all work to make the world worthy of its children. (Pablo Casals)
Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart? View quote
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