Half Quote by Yehudi Menuhin

“At first he had appreciated only the material quality of the sounds which those instruments secreted. And it had been a source of keen…

— Marcel Proust

“From the first note I knew it was different from anything I had ever heard… It began simply, but with an arresting phrase, so…

— Deanna Raybourn

I'm really just a frustrated violinist.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and bear away…

— Richard Steele

A violin is the revenge exacted by the intestines of a dead cat.

— Ambrose Bierce

…the violin — that most human of all instruments…

— Louisa May Alcott

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.

— Richard Steele

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper…

— Yehudi Menuhin

There have been men who could play delightful music on one string of the violin, but there never was a man who could produce…

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper…

— Yehudi Menuhin

This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent ...

— Ruggiero Ricci

“More so than with any other instrument, the violin becomes part of the body. Good musicians are physically dissolved when playing, and for violinists,…

— Lavinia Greenlaw