To Retire Is To Begin To Die.

I Was At Mount Tamalpais Near San Francisco Hiking When A Boulder Came Hurling Down The Mountainside And Smashed My Left Hand. When I Looked At My Mangled Bloody Fingers, I Had A Strange Reaction. 'thank God I Will Never Have To Play Again,' I Said. The Fact Is That Dedication To One's Art Does Involve A Sort Of Enslavement.

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.

I Am A Very Simple Man. I Am A Man First, An Artist Second. My First Obligation Is To The Welfare Of My Fellow Man. I Will Endeavour To Meet This Obligation Through Music, Since It Transcends Language, Politics And National Boundaries.

When You Play Bach Like Chopin, And Chopin Like Bach, Something Good Happens.

To The Whole World You Might Be Just One Person, But To One Person You Might Just Be The Whole World.