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Bach Quotes by Pablo Casals
- Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which…
- When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not exist at all,…
- The miracle of Bach has not appeared in any other art. To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary…
- For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner... I go to the piano, and I play preludes and fugues…
- How could anybody think of Bach as 'cold' when these [cello] suites seem to shine with the most glittering kind of poetry," Casals said. "As…
- To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities with spiritual fervor, to give wings of eternity to that…
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- It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that… — Karl Barth
- If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D. — Jack Black
- When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that… — Dave Brubeck
- On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play… — Maya Angelou
- And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles… — James Hilton
- Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ? — Unknown Author
- Science would not be what it is if there had not been a Galileo, a Newton or a Lavoisier, any more than… — Unknown Author
- Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach… — William Zinsser
- The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the… — Ezra Pound
- I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve. — Unknown Author
- The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach… — Ernest Newman