Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin OM KBEwas an American-born violinist and conductor, who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionViolinist
Date of Birth22 April 1916
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Music creates order out of chaos.
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Everyone should in some way be creative, irrespective of the quality of that which he creates.
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Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?
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A dream is unrehearsed.
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In reality, infinity is merely the distance to the heart of a stranger. Eternity is the moment of cognition.
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A way of life which excludes the realm of the unknown and the mysterious is simply not in harmony with life itself.
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We are full of rhythms . . . our pulse, our gestures, our digestive tracts, the lunar and seasonal cycles.
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It is perhaps life's greatest accomplishment to live to old age, maintaining one's wits, one's sense of humor, one's health, and one's charm.
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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.
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