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Music must serve a purpose it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.
Pablo Casals
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Pablo Casals
Age: 96 †
Born: 1876
Born: December 29
Died: 1973
Died: August 14
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Cellist
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Conductor
Music Pedagogue
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University Teacher
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To retire is to begin to die.
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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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The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
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Say things to the world that are true.
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Resist doing things that have no meaning for life.
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The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.
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Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.
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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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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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I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature.
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The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.
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