Herbert von Karajan

I have often said to the orchestra, especially to the younger players, 'Do your best, and love what you are doing, because…

— Herbert von Karajan

He who reaches all his goals has probably not chosen them high enough.

— Herbert von Karajan

No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so.

— Herbert von Karajan

Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated.

— Herbert von Karajan

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it,…

— Herbert von Karajan

Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low

— Herbert von Karajan

The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.

— Herbert von Karajan

In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that…

— Herbert von Karajan