In fact, it was all I could do to stop myself from saying, 'I've always been a big fan of your work.
Even I had no opportunity to conduct very many concerts after World War II.
An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster.
If every school would hire two more music teachers, we would need two fewer police officers.
I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
The message of music was also the first thing what I learned from my first teacher. She was an organist too and she was very devoted to what she played, so she had a respect for every piece and she felt that she is not allowed to add something of her own.
Young conductors who are confident enough, they very often have success.
If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
Put forth thy leaf, thou lofty plane, East wind and frost are safely gone; With zephyr mild and balmy rain The summer comes serenely on; Earth, air, and sun and skies combine To promise all that's kind and fair: But thou, O human heart of mine, Be still, contain thyself, and bear.
Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.
Man is tied to the weight of his own past, and even by a great therapeutic labor little more can be accomplished than a shifting of the burden.