Friendship is more important than truth.

I never practice; I always play.

You play Bach your way, and I’ll play him his way.

The power and magic of music lie in its intangibility and its limitlessness. It suggests images, but leaves us free to choose them and to accommodate them to our pleasure.

I hate the word practice. Practice breeds inurement. Instead of discovering, of distinguishing traits that are deeply hidden or merely veiled, one ends seeing nothing anymore. One ceases to be aware.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery!

The task of a teacher is not to work for the pupil nor to oblige him to work, but to show him how to work.

You don't create or write to be successful

Learn to struggle in all four seasons, for opportunity has no date or an exact time to find, you will only get what you need by trying everthing you know, without fear or shame.

The Price of Love Is Getting Hurt When Least Expected

Attractions are things we all should be good at saying no to, because our Department of Attraction is arguably the least reliable and productive office in our entire brain.

God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails

I don't think anybody wants to see a dour Star Trek movie.

A man of the utmost insignificance.

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache.

I was conceived after doctors told my mother she'd never have children. I'm a miracle - we all are.

Maria Sharapova is her own empire. She herself personally makes more in revenue than the entire WTA tour.