The Art Of Interpretation Is Not To

When We Play An Unaccompanied Bach Suite We May Compare Ourselves To An Actor In Shakespeare's Day, Creating Scenery Which Did Not Exist At All, Through The Power Of Declamation And Suggestion. So In Bach. There Is But One Voice -- And Many Voices Have To Be Suggested.

We Ought To Think That We Are One Of The Leaves Of A Tree, And The Tree Is All Humanity. We Cannot Live Without The Others, Without The Tree.

The Love Of One's Country Is A Splendid Thing. But Why Should Love Stop At The Border?

Don't Play The Notes. Play The Meaning Of The Notes.

Thank God, I'll Never Have To Play The Cello Again.