Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I … - Mstislav Rostropovich

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Hate is just a form of criticism. You can never truly grow as a person until you’ve taken everything the world can throw at you. Sometimes you just have to let it hit you and move on

Mstislav Rostropovich

Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for more than one million children in my homeland and I have founded scholarships in the names of my great Russian compatriots - Oistrakh, Richter, Gilels, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Schnittke.

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You must play for the love of music. Perfect technique is not as important as making music from the heart.

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The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music speaks through the performance, and the performer and the listener will walk together with the soul of the composer, and with God.

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When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

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There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.

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

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