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More Quotes by Yo-Yo Ma
Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.
A Senegalese poet said 'In the end we will conserve only what we love. We love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.' We must learn about other cultures in order to understand, in order to love, and in order to preserve our common world heritage.
Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.
I play an instrument that has four strings, and I'm still trying to get it right. What I've tried to do in the process of playing these four strings is to try and understand the people I meet, the stories they have to tell. And then become an advocate for them and their stories through music.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.
Nobody else can make the sound you make.
Good things happen when you meet strangers.
Bach takes you to a very quiet place within yourself, to the inner core, a place where you are calm and at peace.
Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.
