If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why. — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that really counts is his quality as a human being. For music is created by Man for Man. And… — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because you are… — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
He who reaches all his goals has probably not chosen them high enough. — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so. — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then… — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play. — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that really counts… — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share Image
