The Only Weapons I Ever Had Were

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.

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!

Do We Dare To Be Ourselves?' This Is The Question That Counts - And Not, 'must A Man Be Helpless?' ...a Man Can Do Something For Peace Without Having To Jump Into Politics.

Music Must Serve A Purpose; It Must Be A Part Of Something Larger Than Itself, A Part Of Humanity.

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.