Quotes by Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

Members

Play

Wanted

Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East – I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.

Beautiful

Christian

Heart

Capitalism, communism … it’s all garbage.

Business

Communism

Garbage

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

Art

Literature

People

I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.

Moscow

Night

Years

I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.

Important

Roles

United States

I never studied, but I had the best teachers.

Best Teacher

Teacher

I played with the best conductors of the world.

Conductor

World

I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.

Ideas

Perfect

Technique

In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on formalism. There was a bulletin board in the Moscow Conservatory. They posted the decree, which said Shostakovichs compositions and Prokofievs were no longer to be played.

Boards

Firsts

Moscow

Follow The Behaviour University in order to get the greatest quotes from the greatest people of all time so that you can tap into your own greatness.

Art

Artist

Beautiful

Beloved

Best Teacher

Boards

Business

Children

Christian

Color

Communism

Composer

Conductor

Firsts

Forget Everything

Garbage

Heart

Hero

Home

Ideas

Important

Instruments

Joy

Literature

Mean

Members

Moscow

Needs

Night

People

Perfect

Perfection

Piano

Play

Roles

Russia

Soul

Suffering

Teacher

Technique

United States

Violin

Voice

Wanted

World

Years

The Future Blueprint

Tool

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

Tool

The Autobiography

Tool

The Behaviour Diary

Tool

The Dating Diary

Tool

The Relationship Therapist

Tool

Quotes by Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich

All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.

Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East – I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.

Capitalism, communism … it’s all garbage.

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

I came to Moscow when I was 5 years old from Baku. To walk all night in Moscow will bring back my youth to me.

I like coming to the United States because the United States played an important role in my life.

I never studied, but I had the best teachers.

I played with the best conductors of the world.

I would rather have ideas and some difficulties of technique than a perfect technique and no ideas.

In 1948 the first severe crash occurred in my life when Stalin put out his decree on formalism. There was a bulletin board in the Moscow Conservatory. They posted the decree, which said Shostakovichs compositions and Prokofievs were no longer to be played.

Get Social with TBU

Topics by Mstislav Rostropovich

Popular Tools

The Future Blueprint

The Home Therapist: Anti Anxiety

The Autobiography

The Behaviour Diary

The Dating Diary

The Relationship Therapist

Menu

Menu