No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so. — 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 allowed to do this thing.' By this I mean, they can do what millions of people cannot do. Many people cannot think of playing music or listening to it until six o'clock in the evening. To… — Herbert von Karajan Copy Share
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
