Quotes by Itzhak Perlman

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American violinist · American · 1945

Israeli-American violinist (born 1945)

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Popular Quotes

“This has been my vocation to make music of what remains.”

“An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality.”

“I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin.”

“I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.”

“It is good medicine to go to a concert hall and forget the harshness of what's going on. It can be a very positive thing.”

“I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.”

Common Themes

“This has been my vocation to make music of what remains.”

— Itzhak Perlman

creativity determination resilience

“I always find that there is a real communication between voice and violin.”

— Itzhak Perlman

Voice Real Find

“I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.”

— Itzhak Perlman

Love Great Baseball

“'Kol Nidrei' is probably the most important prayer in the Jewish religion. It comes on the evening of Yom Kippur. There are so many different renditions of it.”

— Itzhak Perlman

Prayer Evening

“An amazing gift in a young child is, in some ways, an abnormality.”

— Itzhak Perlman

Child Gift Young

“I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.”

— Itzhak Perlman

Time You Orchestra

“It is good medicine to go to a concert hall and forget the harshness of what's going on. It can be a very positive thing.”

— Itzhak Perlman

Good Medicine Forget

“Trust your ability!”

— Itzhak Perlman

Ability Your

“For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.”

— Itzhak Perlman

Talent People You

“Ask many of us who are disabled what we would like in life and you would be surprised how few would say 'Not to be disabled.' We accept our limitations.”

— Itzhak Perlman

medicine sickness