23 Quotes by Isaac Stern

Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other.

Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.

Music is like making love: either all or nothing.

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.

His style of playing, particularly in his early years, was a stunning patrician elegance with a very natural musical line which fitted the style of whatever composition.

Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.

Outsiders always look for a reason to explain why they are not inside. They never look in the mirror. Let's face it, the profession I'm in is a very simple and a very cruel one. There is no way that you can create a career for someone without talent and no way to stop a career of someone with talent.