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To retire is to begin to die.
Pablo Casals
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Pablo Casals
Age: 96 †
Born: 1876
Born: December 29
Died: 1973
Died: August 14
Autobiographer
Cellist
Composer
Conductor
Music Pedagogue
Musician
University Teacher
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Say things to the world that are true.
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Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.
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The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
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I am a very simple man. I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man. I will endeavour to meet this obligation through music, since it transcends language, politics and national boundaries.
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Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.
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The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.
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I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect-and, yes, wonder-at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter.
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We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.
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There is no substitute for work what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.
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To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful. And I feel that I am myself because I have never taken music lightly. Music is the manifestation of God, like everything else.
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Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.
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You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.
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Music must serve a purpose it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.
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If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.
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I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.
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