"The war years were the most difficult time……" — Mstislav Rostropovich
"The war years were the most difficult time of my life. There was real famine in Moscow. The water froze inside the houses. There was no heat."
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Mstislav Rostropovich
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21 Quotes by Mstislav Rostropovich
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I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.
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Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the…
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When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice -…
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I never studied, but I had the best teachers,
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You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.
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Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these…
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Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored…
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I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.
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People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But…
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It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and…
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You know creators, composers, need a palette for life, a color for life.
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Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he…
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