141 Quotes by Itzhak Perlman

Sometimes you get from the mouth of kids wonderful things.

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.

I'm now doing three things: concerts, conducting, and teaching, and they each support each other. I learn to see things from different perspectives and listen with different ears. The most important thing that you need to do is really listen.

A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays.

Child prodigy is a curse because you've got all those terrible possibilities.

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.

This young wine may have a lot of tannins now, but in five or 10 years it is going to be spectacular, despite the fact that right now it tastes like crude oil. You know this is how it is supposed to taste at this stage of development.

There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God.

In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it!