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. Pablo Casals More Quotes by Pablo Casals More Quotes From Pablo Casals 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. Pablo Casals lovelifecountry The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him. Pablo Casals miraclechildrenworld Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes. Pablo Casals notesmusicalplay There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor. Pablo Casals substituteslaborease 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. Pablo Casals takenspiritart The art of interpretation is not to play what is written. Pablo Casals interpretationplayart For me, Bach is like Shakespeare. He has known all and felt all. He is everything. Pablo Casals knownfelt The miracle of Bach has not appeared in any other art. To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities with spiritual fervour, to give wings of eternity to that which is most ephemeral; to make divine things human and human things divine; such is Bach, the greatest and purest moment in music of all time. Pablo Casals spiritualwingsart The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? Pablo Casals spiritualinspirationalcountry When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens. Pablo Casals playhappens Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity. Pablo Casals musicpurposehumanity The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. Pablo Casals melodypaperheart The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all. Pablo Casals politicalperfectart What do we teach our children? . . . We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique . . . You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Pablo Casals parentuniquechildren To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be a musician is a gift - a gift from Nature. There is no great merit in us except in loving this gift with respect and devotion and doing everything possible to honor that gift by work and more work. We must work with conviction and humility, searching for beauty, simplicity, and the Truth. And it is for us musicians to do all in our power for a better world. Music must carry the message of beauty, of love and of peace. Pablo Casals humilityresponsibilitythinking Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. Pablo Casals couragekindnesspeace Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again. Pablo Casals learningmomentsunique As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever. Pablo Casals foreverlovelong Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters. Pablo Casals responsibletalentwhat-matters Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart. Pablo Casals musicheartbeautiful
