Pablo Casals Quotes

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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man.

Pablo Casals

I have not played the cello in front of an audience since long years but I think I must do it this time. I am going to play a melody from the Catalonian folklore: The singing of the Birds. Birds, when in the sky, go singing: Peace, peace, peace. And this is a melody that Bach, Beethoven and all great people would have admired and loved. And, in addition, it springs up from the soul of my country: Catalonia.

Pablo Casals

I go back to Bach as a sick dog instinctively grubs at the roots and herbs that are its right medicine.

Pablo Casals

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

Of the cello

Pablo Casals

Journalist: Why do you continue to practise the cello for several hours each day?
Casals (aged over 90): Because I think I'm improving.

Pablo Casals

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

Pablo Casals

Pablo Casals

Pablo Casals

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Born: December 29, 1876

Died: October 22, 1973 (aged 96)

Bio: Pau Casals i Defilló, better known in some countries as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish cellist and conductor from Catalonia.

Known for:

Joys and sorrows (1970)
Baby Business
Conversations with Casals (1967)

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