The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms.

- Joseph Wechsberg

A violin should be played with love, or not at all.

- Joseph Wechsberg

We should learn from children not to hold grudges. Children often fight when they play together but they quickly make up and their fights don't deter…

- Joseph Wechsberg

Old St Petersburg remains a beautiful stage set but to the Russians it is not what Rome is to the Italians or Paris to the French. The decisions are …

- Joseph Wechsberg