People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role.

~ Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich Art Beauty Great

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

~ Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich Love Voice Started

Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.

~ Mstislav Rostropovich

Mstislav Rostropovich Man Thought Opinion