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“Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue.”
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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.”
Source : FaceBook post by Mstislav Rostropovich from Dec 20, 2016 
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“I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.”
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“Love makes life's sweetest pleasures and worst misfortunes.”
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“You could spend every waking moment online and still only experience one-trillionth of what's out there. I find that a little overwhelming.”
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“If you can learn to motivate yourself, you can always tap into an abundance of energy that will drive you to the success you dream of.”
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“I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this, about the old ways of gratitude: Indians thanking the deer they'd slain, grace before supper, kneeling before bed. I was thinking that gratitude is too much absent in our lives now, and we need it back, even if it only takes the form of acknowledging the blue of a bowl against the red of cranberries.”
Source : Elizabeth Berg (2000). “Open House: A Novel”, Random House Incorporated
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“No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.”
Source : Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Kollwitz (1988). “The Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz”, p.53, Northwestern University Press
