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I was at Mount Tamalpais near...

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.

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The love of one's country is ...

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.

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The person who works and is n...

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

Pablo Casals 87 quotes

I used to think that eighty w...

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.

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If you play Bach every day, y...

If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.

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I am a very simple man. I am ...

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.

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I don't have hobbies. I have ...

I don't have hobbies. I have passions.

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I see in the melody of Nature...

I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful. And I feel that I am myself because I have never taken music lightly. Music is the manifestation of God, like everything else.

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For twelve years I studied and...

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.

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Don't play the notes. Play the...

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

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Thank God, I'll never have to ...

Thank God, I'll never have to play the cello again.

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One should be able to say to o...

One should be able to say to our children: You are a marvel! You are unique. In all the world, there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed, there has never been another child like you! ... and when you grow up, can you harm another who is, like you, a marvel?

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As long as one can admire and ...

As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever.

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When you play Bach like Chopin...

When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens.

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How could anybody think of Bac...

How could anybody think of Bach as 'cold' when these [cello] suites seem to shine with the most glittering kind of poetry,' Casals said. 'As I got on with the study I discovered a new world of space and beauty... the feelings I experienced were among the purest and most intense in my artistic life!

Pablo Casals 87 quotes

The person who works and is ne...

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

Pablo Casals 87 quotes

I do not think a day passes in...

I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature.

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The simplest things in music a...

The simplest things in music are the ones that count. The simplest thing are, of course, also the most difficult to achieve and take years of work.

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Yes, it is true. I am a miracl...

Yes, it is true. I am a miracle. I am a miracle like a tree is a miracle, like a flower is a miracle. Now, if I am a miracle, can I do a bad thing? I can't, because I am a miracle, I am a miracle. . . .

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Parents shouldn't lie to their...

Parents shouldn't lie to their children-not even when they think it's for their own good. Even a little lie is dangerous ...

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