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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.
Classical music is one of the best things that ever happened to mankind. If you get introduced to it in the right way, it becomes your friend for life.
Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.
But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.
Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.
As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.
Practicing is not only playing your instrument, either by yourself or rehearsing with others - it also includes imagining yourself practicing. Your brain forms the same neural connections and muscle memory whether you are imagining the task or actually doing it.
Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.
