Class Quote by Ruggiero Ricci

The actor must know that since he, himself, is the instrument, he must play on it to serve the character with the same effortless…

— Uta Hagen

My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens,…

— Zubin Mehta

I'm really just a frustrated violinist.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

There is a man, playing a violin, and the strings are the nerves in his own arm...

— James O'Barr

“He was also talented in other directions: he played the violin well and was an accomplished artist, exhibiting at, among others, the Chicago Art…

— David Kahn

You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can guide him…

— Frederick Delius

One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from…

— Marilyn vos Savant

I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling…

— Eugene Ormandy

I am not the world's greatest Negro violinist. I am the greatest violinist in the world!

— Will M Cook

Im one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. Im just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling…

— Eugene Ormandy

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

— Robert Schumann

I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

— Paul Desmond