"I would hate to think I am not……" — Yehudi Menuhin
"I would hate to think I am not an amature. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid, the professional hates what he is doing. So, I'd rather be an amateur."
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25 Quotes by Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin has 25 quotes on this site.
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...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation,…
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Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every…
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Music lives and breathes to tell us who we are and what we face. It is a path between ourselves…
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It is music that welds spiritual and sensual, that can convey ecstasy free of guilt, faith without dogma, love as…
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Homeopathy is the safest and more reliable approach to ailments and has withstood the assaults of established medical practice for…
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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.
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The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again.…
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We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the…
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The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders,…
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The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument,…
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Music is a therapy.It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient.
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We are living in a world where the individual must learn to command the raw materials of expression. He must…
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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