“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.”
Pablo Casals“Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.”
Pablo Casals“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.”
Pablo Casals“The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?”
Pablo Casals“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.”
Pablo Casals“Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.”
Pablo Casals“What do we teach our children? . . . We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique . . . You may become a Shakespeare a Michelangelo a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything.”
Pablo Casals“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.”
Pablo Casals“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.”
Pablo Casals“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart..”
Pablo Casals“Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that”
it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.