Daniel Barenboim Quotes


When I came here, I had the feeling that I had in front of me a most wonderful high quality piece of antique furniture. It was full of dust and needed repair and polishing. I think we have removed the dust and made the repairs. - Daniel Barenboim


We have become completely slaves of tempo as if the tempo were an independent phenomenon that controlled everything. - Daniel Barenboim


US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan. - Daniel Barenboim


Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. - Daniel Barenboim


They're a wonderful bunch of people. These young people share the strongest passion in their life, which is music. But there's no political plan or political line. There are people who come and become more tolerant, and others come and become more intolerant. But for the time they're there and working together it is almost a utopian republic. - Daniel Barenboim


There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle. - Daniel Barenboim


The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it. - Daniel Barenboim


The lack of musical education means that music is in danger of gradually losing its place in society. - Daniel Barenboim


Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective. - Daniel Barenboim


Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence. - Daniel Barenboim


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