“…the violin — that most human of all instruments…”
“The true mission of the violin is to imitate the accents of the human voice, a noble mission that has earned for the violin the glory of being called the king of instruments”
“A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.”
“Life is like playing the violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
“Life, said Samuel Butler, is like giving a concert on the violin while learning to play the instrument—that, friends, is real wisdom.”
“Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.”