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.
Interpretation
Technological advancements are essential, but they should be balanced with the beauty of art and human experience.
Mstislav Rostropovich emphasizes the importance of achieving a balance between technological progress and the artistic enrichment of human life. While advancements such as computers and the Internet represent significant strides in technology, they should not overshadow the essential role of art in nurturing the soul and enhancing the human experience.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of creativity in education.
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.
The artist must forget the audience, _x000D_ forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music._x000D_ Then, the music speaks through the performance,_x000D_ and the performer and the listener will walk together_x000D_ with the soul of the composer, and with_x000D_ God.
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.
I know that after my letter there will be undoubtedly an 'opinion' about me, but I am not afraid of it. I openly say what I think. Talent, of which we are proud, must not be submitted to the assaults of the past.
Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.
All my life I wanted to play music with love to every member of the audience.
Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works.
I started out in this business in rock and roll bands and stumbled into drag. Drag just happened to be my vehicle for my creativity. So, you know, it's afforded me the opportunity to create new shows, to make music.
I think most people gain some sense of how to look at a painting, but no one ever teaches you how to look at a piece of silver.
With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
Why should the lamp or the house be an art object but not our life?
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