All Itzhak Perlman Quotes
- This machine, the wheelchair, I can go all over the place, but you need a place without stairs to get in. All
- Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left. Artist
- For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them. Burned
- One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly. Always Practice
- Perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and… All
- For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone… Alone
- ... Beethoven concertos ... Tchaicovsky concertos ... with a lot of these wonderful masterpieces there's always something wonderful to find ... there's always something new… Always Something
- ... everybody has a different kind of talent and a different timetable as to when they develop .. Develop
- There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God. Age
- Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there… All
- Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself. Inspirational
- Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it. Competition
- In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages. Different Languages
- The most important thing to do is really listen. Funny
- When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all… All
- I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating… Beating
- Every musical phrase has a purpose. It's like talking. If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if you just recite,… Every Musical
- A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays. Absorbent
- Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled. Any
- I feel that you always pay when you are a child. Always Pay
- I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen… Concerts
- I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about… Care
- Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities. All
- In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people!… Change
- So many things can drive you mad as a child, not only music. Child