The art of not playing in tempo--one has to learn it. And the art of not playing what is written on the printed paper. Pablo Casals More Quotes by Pablo Casals More Quotes From Pablo Casals 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. Pablo Casals real men book 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. Pablo Casals love-you long thinking 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. Pablo Casals artist simple men Rock n' roll is poison put to sound. Pablo Casals rocks poison sound I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. Pablo Casals caring kindness inspirational Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way. Pablo Casals heart writing men For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner... I go to the piano, and I play preludes and fugues of Bach... It is a sort of benediction on the house. Pablo Casals play past years I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature. Pablo Casals miracle looks thinking For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. It is not a mechanical routine, but something essential to my daily life. I go to the piano, and play two preludes and fugues of Bach. I cannot think of doing otherwise. It is a sort of benediction on the house. But that is not its only meaning for me. It is a rediscovery of the world of which I have the joy of being a part. It fills me with awareness of the wonder of life, with a feeling of the incredible marvel of being a human being. Pablo Casals past years thinking 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. Pablo Casals twelve play years Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see nothing. People move hectically but give little thought to where they are going. They seek excitement ... as if they were lost and desperate. Pablo Casals beauty people moving To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world. Pablo Casals unique love relationship The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton. Pablo Casals baton weapons If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone. Pablo Casals ifs play The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life. Pablo Casals music giving art 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 artistic-life space thinking It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it. Pablo Casals healing courage people Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere. Pablo Casals originality thieves forget 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 worthwhile-things bored practice 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. Pablo Casals dedication work art
