7+ Herbert von Karajan Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Herbert von Karajan quotes and sayings.

The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play. — Herbert von Karajan

If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why. — Herbert von Karajan

In our profession someone can be very brilliant and acquire total technical mastery. Yet in the last resort, the only thing that really counts is his quality as a human being. For music is created by Man for Man. And if someone sees nothing more than notes in it, this can perhaps be very interesting, but it cannot enrich him. And music should exist for one purpose only; to enrich Man and give him something he has lost in most respects. — Herbert von Karajan

No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so. — Herbert von Karajan

Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated. — Herbert von Karajan

He who reaches all his goals has probably not chosen them high enough. — Herbert von Karajan

Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low. — Herbert von Karajan