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Pablo Casals Quotes

1876–1973 Spain

Pablo Casals (29 December 1876 – 22 October 1973), born Pau Casals i Defilló, was a Spanish cellist, composer and conductor.

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Also known as: Casals, Pablo, Pau Casals

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The heart of a melody can never be put down on paper.

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

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.

Joys and Sorrows : Reflections‎ by Pablo Casals as told to Albert E. Kahn (1974)

This is the greatest honour I have ever received in my life. Peace has always been my greatest concern.

To strip human nature until its divine attributes are made clear, to inform ordinary activities with spiritual fervour, to give wings of eternity to that which is most ephemeral; to make divine things human and human things divine; such is Bach, the greatest and purest moment in music of all time.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pablo Casals (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.