"I would rather have ideas and some difficulties……" — Mstislav Rostropovich

"I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas."

— Mstislav Rostropovich

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21 Quotes by Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the…
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice -…
I never studied, but I had the best teachers,
You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.
Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these…
Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored…
I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.
People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But…
It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and…
You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.
Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he…
I played with the best conductors of the world.

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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge… — Mary Astell
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties… — Sai Baba
My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that.… — Michele Bachmann
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend… — Ethel Barrymore
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams
My difficulties belong to me! — Alfred Adler
I am concerned because even in the past two years that were the jubilee years, I have seen evident signs… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. — Aesop
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy,… — Andrea Bocelli
The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow. — William J. H. Boetcker
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought. — Elizabeth Bowen
Out of difficulties grow miracles. — Jean de la Bruyere

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