Zoltán Kodály

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.

Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.

We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.

To teach a child an instrument without first giving him preparatory training and without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand.