I occasionally play works by contemporary composers, and for two reasons. Firest, to discourage the composer from writing any more, and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven. --Jascha Heifetz
My talent as an artist is to walk across a moor, or place a stone on the ground. --Richard Long
Whatever speech I hear, no matter who is speaking nor what he says, my mind is already working to find the musical equivalent for such speech. --Modest Mussorgsky
Of course, to start with, I love all my pupils. Then I find the talented ones. They are always the most arrogant. --Alexandra Danilova