Israel is the country of my birth. When I come here, I feel I'm coming home.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep emotional connection to one's birthplace and the sense of belonging it brings.
Itzhak Perlman conveys a profound sense of identity and belonging through his words about Israel. For him, returning to his birthplace is not just a physical journey but an emotional experience that evokes feelings of home and familiarity, highlighting the powerful connection people often have with their origins and the places that shape their identities.
In practice
During a speech about cultural heritage.
I say to string players in small chamber orchestras, 'it's always easy to become a passenger on the journey in sound, just adding volume to the whole. But if you play in an individual way, it makes the difference between good and great sound in an orchestra.'
In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages.
Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.
For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.
Whenever I play recitals, the part where I talk about music and my experiences of music, audiences always like it. They feel more involved with an artist who talks to them. It's a nice experience for me as well.
I am playing the violin, that's all I know, nothing else, no education, no nothing. You just practice every day.
Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up.
The home is the centre and circumference, the start and the finish, of most of our lives.
There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside._x000D_ _x000D_ Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
I wonder if it will be—can be—any more beautiful than this,’ murmured Anne, looking around her with the loving, enraptured eyes of those to whom ‘home’ must always be the loveliest spot in the world, no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars.
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery. But it does have to be furnished with things that mean something to you.
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