Pablo Casals Quotes
I am a very simple man. I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man. I will endeavour to meet this obligation through music, since it transcends language, politics and national boundaries.
Quotes to Explore
-
A reciprocal of a fraction is found by flipping it upside down. If you want the reciprocal of a mixed number or a whole number, just convert it to an improper fraction, and then flip it!
-
I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
-
Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
-
I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
-
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
-
I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
-
To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
-
Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.
-
When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
-
During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
-
Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of a bedspring.
-
No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
-
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
-
I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
-
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
-
Green, red, and mixed shades of haemins are known. If magnesium is replaced by iron in chlorophyll, green haemins are obtained. Their colour is due to a strong band in the red which is already recognized in chlorophyll.
-
I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
-
I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
-
The best things arrive on time.
-
I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys.
-
The nature of the music business is such that it's better to have a few chances for some things to be successful than just one, and that's kind of been my attitude all along.
-
At the heart of the best documentaries, there is a journey of inquiry - someone who travels out into the world, comes back with a story, and who then finds meaning in it, and intrigue; someone who tells you about something you never quite knew before, or in a way you hadn't quite thought about.
-
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
-
I am a very simple man. I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man. I will endeavour to meet this obligation through music, since it transcends language, politics and national boundaries.
