Eric Siblin Quotes

When we play an unaccompanied Bach suite we may compare ourselves to an actor in Shakespeare's day, creating scenery which did not exist at all, through the power of declamation and suggestion. So in Bach. There is but one voice — and many voices have to be suggested.

Do we dare to be ourselves? That is the question that counts.

Love for one's country is great but why should that love stop at that border?

To live is not enough; we must take part.

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.

It takes courage for a man to listen to his own goodness and act on it. Do we dare to be ourselves? That is that question that counts.

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.

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.

Music will save the world.

The art of not playing in tempo — one has to learn it. And the art of not playing what is written on the printed paper.

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe a moment that never was before and never will be again

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

On my last birthday I was ninety-three years old. That is not young, of course. In fact, it is older than ninety. But age is a relative matter. If you continue to work and to absorb the beauty in the world about you, you find that age does not necessarily mean getting old. At least, not in the ordinary sense. I feel many things more intensely than ever before, and for me life grows more fascinating.