Known Quote by Isaac Stern

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…

— Isaac Stern

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

— Isaac Stern

Music is not an acquired culture... it is an active part of life.

— Isaac Stern

It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.

— Isaac Stern

I have a responsibility to pass on to the next generation what I learned from my teachers, ... It keeps me young and reminds…

— Isaac Stern

When you believe in something, you can move mountains.

— Isaac Stern

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

— Isaac Stern

Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.

— Isaac Stern

Music is like making love: either all or nothing.

— Isaac Stern

A conductor has to know how to translate music into a communicative force that makes the listener want to hear what he has to…

— Isaac Stern

New York is the dirtiest, largest, ugliest, broken-down city in the world-but it's the only one.

— Isaac Stern

Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other.

— Isaac Stern