Isaac Stern Quotes

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• Outsiders always look for a reason to explain why they are not inside. They never look in the mirror. Let's face it, the profession I'm…
• Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.
• The greatest wealth of this nation is not only the mergers of giant corporations or the possibility of further globalization of the infrastructure of the…
• There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.
• Music is like making love: either all or nothing.
• When you believe in something, you can move mountains.
• I have a responsibility to pass on to the next generation what I learned from my teachers, ... It keeps me young and reminds me…
• Music is the thousandth of a millisecond between one note and another; how you get from one to the other-that's where the music is.
• A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.
• New York is the dirtiest, largest, ugliest, broken-down city in the world-but it's the only one.
• A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to say.
• A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how that…
• Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.
• It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.
• Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other.
• Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.

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