Yehudi Menuhin Quotes

Art is the skin of the soul.

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.

And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.

Art is like a fart for the soul. Better out than in.

Art, although produced by man's hands, is something not created by hands alone, but something which wells up from a deeper source out of our soul.....My sympathies in the literary as well as in the artistic field are drawn most strongly to those artists in whom I see most the working of the soul.

Art is eternal for it reveals the inner landscape which is the soul of man.

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.

Dance is the pure language of the soul - it's been with us from the very beginning.

Art is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others. But to express art thoroughly, one must have the inner emotions opened thoroughly.

All our souls are written in our eyes.

All that I have to offer as an artist is the revelation of my soul

Maybe you're a singer or not, but what taps into the soul leads to the heart, and that's really what I came away with, with the starting point for the record being that I could speak as a human being and feel things very deeply.

I do not care about my own appearance, but I would hope that people could see into my soul, and that is presented better in these photographs than in others. (On his self-portraits)

Music is the can-opener of the soul.

Art leads to a more profound concept of life, because art itself is a profound expression of feeling. The artist is born, and art is the expression of his overflowing soul. Because his soul is rich, he cares comparatively little about the superficial necessities of the material world; he sublimates the pressure of material affairs in an artistic experience.

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.

I sometimes find it half a sin, To put to words the grief i feel, For words like nature,half reveal, and half conceal the soul within.

The soul knows only the soul; the web of events is the flowing robe in which she is clothed.

This is where you can find your soul if you dare. Where you can touch that part of you that you've never dared look at before. Do not come here and ask me to show you how to draw a face. Ask me to help you find the wind.

You need not attempt to shake off or to banter off Romance. It is an evil you will never get rid of to the end of your days. It is a part of yourself ... of your soul. Age will only mellow it a little, and give it a holier tone.

For me, the soul is connected to a higher being. It's not about religion; it's about connecting to your true self - your truth, the truth inside of you, the one you were born with.

Natural emotion is the soul of poetry, as melody is of music; the same faults are engendered by over-study of either art; there is a lack of sincerity, of irresistible impulse in both the poet and the, composer.

The eyes are the window to where the soul is supposed to be.

The eyes are the windows to the soul