Perfection Is Not Very Communicative

One Of The Marks Of A Great Teacher Lies Not Only In An Ability To Impart Knowledge But Also In Knowing When To Encourage A Student To Go Off On His Own.

The Role Of The Musician Is To Go From Concept To Full Execution. Put Another Way, It's To Go From Understanding The Content Of Something To Really Learning How To Communicate It And Make Sure It's Well-received And Lives In Somebody Else.

Culture Opens Our Hearts To One Another. And The Currency In Culture Is Not Money, But Trust.

Children, In A Way, Are Constant Learners. Certainly Sponge-like. Absorbing Everything Without Careful Analysis, Even Though, At The Same Time, They Are Certainly Capable Of Incredible Insights.

My Teacher, My Great Cello Teacher Leonard Rose, Was Such A Great Cellist, And Nurturing Man, Very Patient. But I Grew Up Not Only Admiring Him, But Obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline Du Pre, And Many Others, Including Many Of My Peers And Contemporaries.