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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.

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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The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.
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Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.
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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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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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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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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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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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Music must serve a purpose it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.
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Say things to the world that are true.
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The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
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Resist doing things that have no meaning for life.
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