My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Talent works, genius creates.

When you play, never mind who listens to you.

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

Play always as if in the presence of a master.

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.

When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

La vie est une aventure audacieuse ou alors elle n'est rien.

Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.

In order to tap into the power of dreaming, we must connect not only to the human story, but to all of nature and creation as well

The last three movies I've done, I played a cowboy, then I played a soldier, and now I play Han Solo. So the little kid in me is having a real joyride.

People often think of Haiti as a place where you're not supposed to have any joy. I wanted to show that this is a place with joy.

The filming of Shakespeare is always problematic, because he hates posing for the camera

When a scientist says something, his colleagues must ask themselves only whether it is true. When a politician says something, his colleagues must first of all ask, 'Why does he say it?

The boredom of married life inevitable destroys love, when love has preceded marriage.

Even those with unspendable fortunes only have one mind, one mouth, two ears, two eyes and one pleasure station. There's only so much fun you can take.

He does not weep who does not see.