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> [To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/to-play-great-music-you-must-keep-your-eyes-on-a-distant-star/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

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## More by Yehudi Menuhin

> [We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the knowledge that this path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/we-embark-unhesitatingly-on-the-path-in-a-direction-that-is/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/music-creates-order-out-of-chaos-for-rhythm-imposes-unanimity-upon/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [It is music that welds spiritual and sensual, that can convey ecstasy free of guilt, faith without dogma, love as homage, and a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/it-is-music-that-welds-spiritual-and-sensual-that-can-convey-ecstasy/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [Improvisation is the expression of the accumulated yearnings, dreams, and wisdom of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/improvisation-is-the-expression-of-the-accumulated-yearnings-dreams/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [A way of life which excludes the realm of the unknown and the mysterious is simply not in harmony with life itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/a-way-of-life-which-excludes-the-realm-of-the-unknown-and-the/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/it-is-perhaps-life-s-greatest-accomplishment-to-live-to-old-age/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [It is a technique ideally suited to prevent physical and mental illness and to protect the body generally, developing an inevitable sense of self-reliance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/it-is-a-technique-ideally-suited-to-prevent-physical-and-mental/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [Improvisation is not the expression of accident but rather of the accumulated yearnings, dreams and wisdom of our very soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/improvisation-is-not-the-expression-of-accident-but-rather-of-the/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/do-we-not-find-freedom-along-the-guiding-lines-of-discipline/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/i-still-look-to-music-to-heal-and-bind-i-still-think-the-musician-can/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [The ultimate aim in life should be to fulfill to the utmost all that within our ability and to share that which is good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/the-ultimate-aim-in-life-should-be-to-fulfill-to-the-utmost-all-that/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [A society without its dreamers can never be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/a-society-without-its-dreamers-can-never-be-free/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [In reality, infinity is merely the distance to the heart of a stranger. Eternity is the moment of cognition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/in-reality-infinity-is-merely-the-distance-to-the-heart-of-a-stranger/)

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> [The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/the-violinist-must-possess-the-poet-s-gift-of-piercing-the-protective/)

[Yehudi Menuhin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yehudi-menuhin/)

> [“Music creates order out of chaos; for rythem imposes unianimity upon the divergent, melody imposes contuniuty upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yehudi-menuhin/music-creates-order-out-of-chaos-for-rythem-imposes-unianimity-upon/)

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