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> [If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/if-you-play-bach-every-day-you-are-not-so-alone/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/pablo-casals-7862_bach_if-you-play-bach-every-day-you-are-not-s_681829.png)

> [The miracle of Bach has not appeared in any other art. To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/the-miracle-of-bach-has-not-appeared-in-any-other-art-to-strip-human/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/pablo-casals-7862_activity_the-miracle-of-bach-has-not-appeared-in_1806904.png)

> [Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/bach-is-the-supreme-genius-of-music-this-man-who-knows-everything-and/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/pablo-casals-7862_bach_bach-is-the-supreme-genius-of-music-this_2291113.png)

> [When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/when-we-play-an-unaccompanied-bach-suite-we-may-compare-ourselves-to/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccf/pablo-casals-7862_actors_when-we-play-an-unaccompanied-bach-suite_2829432.jpg)

> [Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/bach-is-the-supreme-genius-of-music-this-man-who-knows-everything-and-2/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/pablo-casals-7862_bach_bach-is-the-supreme-genius-of-music-this_3054835.png)

> [For me, Bach is like Shakespeare. He has known all and felt all. He is everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/for-me-bach-is-like-shakespeare-he-has-known-all-and-felt-all-he-is/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/pablo-casals-7862_bach_for-me-bach-is-like-shakespeare-he-has-k_3211094.png)

## Other authors on Bach

## More by Pablo Casals

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/don-t-be-vain-because-you-happen-to-have-talent-you-are-not/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [I was at Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco hiking when a boulder came hurling down the mountainside and smashed my left hand. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/i-was-at-mount-tamalpais-near-san-francisco-hiking-when-a-boulder/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [“Love for one's country is great but why should that love stop at that border?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/love-for-one-s-country-is-great-but-why-should-that-love-stop-at-that/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/the-art-of-not-playing-in-tempo-one-has-to-learn-it-and-the-art-of/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/i-am-perhaps-the-oldest-musician-in-the-world-i-am-an-old-man-but-in/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [Say things to the world that are true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/say-things-to-the-world-that-are-true/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner... I go to the piano, and I play preludes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/for-the-past-eighty-years-i-have-started-each-day-in-the-same-manner/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/the-situation-is-hopeless-we-must-take-the-next-step/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/you-must-work-we-must-all-work-to-make-the-world-worthy-of-its/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/each-second-we-live-is-a-new-and-unique-moment-of-the-universe-a/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [To retire is to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/to-retire-is-to-die/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/the-only-weapons-i-ever-had-were-my-cello-and-my-baton/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/we-ought-to-think-that-we-are-one-of-the-leaves-of-a-tree-and-the/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/i-feel-the-capacity-to-care-is-the-thing-which-gives-life-its-deepest/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

> [To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities with spiritual fervor, to give wings of eternity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/to-strip-human-nature-until-its-divine-attributes-are-made-clear-to/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

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