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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.

Pablo Casals

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Pablo Casals
Age: 96 †
Born: 1876
Born: December 29
Died: 1973
Died: August 14
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Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
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Throughout my career, nervousness and stage-fright have never left me before playing. And each of the thousands of concerts I have played at, I feel as bad as I did the very first time.
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As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever.
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If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man.
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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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There is no substitute for work what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.
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I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
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In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
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Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe a moment that never was before and never will be again.
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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 art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
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Yes, it is true. I am a miracle. I am a miracle like a tree is a miracle, like a flower is a miracle. Now, if I am a miracle, can I do a bad thing? I can't, because I am a miracle, I am a miracle. . . .
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