He was never just a musician, from very early on he wanted to do other things, to make his music work for humanity. - Yehudi Menuhin

The teacher offers guidance here and there, but the primary factor, the driving force, in your relationship and work together is the student's own commitment and desire to learn. Teaching is like sailing: The wind and the sails give the boat its motion. Your role (as a teacher) is to steer and guide.

Undoubtedly I had lost time in balking at scales, arpeggios. [...] There is an advantage in establishing the top story of one's constructions first: One has seen the heights; one knows what one is building for and what must be sustained.

Peace may sound simple — one beautiful word — but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.