“First character, then ability.”
Shinichi Suzuki“Children learn to smile from their parents.”
Shinichi Suzuki“What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.”
Shinichi Suzuki“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.”
Shinichi Suzuki“Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.”
Shinichi Suzuki“To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.”
Shinichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education“As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it.”
Shinichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education“If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.”
Shinichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education“First character, then ability.”
Shinichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education“I played with children so that I could learn from them.”
Shinichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education