Quote

The violinist must possess the poets gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.

Yehudi Menuhin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Yehudi Menuhin
Age: 82 †
Born: 1916
Born: April 22
Died: 1999
Died: March 12
Autobiographer
Conductor
Jazz Musician
Politician
Violinist
New York City
New York
Yehudi Menuhin
Baron Menuhin
Grows
Poets
Propagandists
Within
Possess
Stockbrokers
Lying
Hide
Propagandist
Truth
Slave
Piercing
Must
Deeper
Violinist
Gift
Traders
Lies
Protective
Poet
Penetrate

More quotes by Yehudi Menuhin

Image
Improvisation is not the expression of accident but rather of the accumulated yearnings, dreams and wisdom of our very soul.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
The ultimate aim in life should be to fulfill to the utmost all that within our ability and to share that which is good and beautiful.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
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.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Mozart resolved his emotions on a level that transformed them into moods uncontaminated by mortal anguish, enabling him to express the angelic anguish that is so peculiarly his own.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
To play great music, you must keep your eyes on a distant star.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
It is a technique ideally suited to prevent physical and mental illness and to protect the body generally, developing an inevitable sense of self-reliance and assurance.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
A way of life which excludes the realm of the unknown and the mysterious is simply not in harmony with life itself.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Homeopathy is the safest and more reliable approach to ailments and has withstood the assaults of established medical practice for over 100 years
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
I still look to music to heal and bind I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but also a reminder of human excellence.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Life is not a finished product, it is only what we make of it, and if we make nothing of it, someone else will, and we will be his slave.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Music is a therapy.It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
A society without its dreamers can never be free.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Music creates order out of chaos.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties -- only benefits.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
A dream is unrehearsed.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm.
Yehudi Menuhin
Image
Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.
Yehudi Menuhin