“It is necessary to be concerned about the importance of educating a really beautiful human spirit.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Talent is no accident of birth. In today's society a good many people seem to have the idea that if one is born without talent, there is nothing he can do about it; they simply resign themselves to what they consider to be their fate”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Music is the language of the heart without words.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Tone has the living soul.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Self-evaluation is the highest sense as a human being. The children should not only advance but repeat and evaluate their progress.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Everything depends on you.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Music is the language of the heart without words.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Art exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Anyone who quests the secret of Art should understand that the only vocation is to put the thought of service to good account in ones own daily life.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“We have to understand that with love and respect all of us on the Earth are equal as human beings.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Talent Education as a social movement is the same as a self-examination movement to alert parents of their unconscious mistakes when their child is in a miserable condition.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“In the unlimited potential of children, I believe that there is a possibility that human beings will make up the true cultural time.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“What does not exist in the environment will not develop in the child. By no means only words or music, but everything, good or bad, is absorbed by the child.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Primary education is everything for Talent Education.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Five mottos of Talent Education: 1. Earlier Time, 2. Better Environment, 3. Better Teacher, 4. More Training, 5. Better Method.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“The brain has a direct connection to every faculty of human being. Moreover, it is in a position to have them work and, also destroy.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“We absolutely need teachers determination, their love and kind explanation about this method, in order to lead parents, who do not understand Talent Education, to sympathy and practice.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“If parents want their children to become happy, first of all, they must be happy themselves.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“The core of education is how to nurture a human being. The essentials of future education will be how to develop the ability of a human being so that he or she can adapt to the environment.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Character first, ability second.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed. Any child who is properly trained can develop musical ability just as all children develop the ability to speak their mother tongue.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Where love is deep, much can be accomplished.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Every child grows; everything depends on the teacher.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Parents who have smiling faces have children who have smiling faces.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Art is not in some far-off place. A work of Art is the expression of a man's whole personality, sensibility and ability.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Beautiful tone, beautiful heart.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“The real essence of art turned out to be not something high up and far off - it was right inside my ordinary daily self. If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Art expresses man.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Any child can be developed, it depends on how you do it.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“I am mentally preparing myself for the five-year-old mind. I want to come down to their physical limitations and up to their sense of wonder and awe.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Man is the Son of his environment.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as well as nobility and purity of mind.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Education means to teach and develop. Without development there is nothing.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Talent Education, for the happiness of all children.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“There is no point where we can say, "This is enough." Always seek finer music, finer performance. Eventually this will change from a learning attitude to a joyful quest which will last throughout our lives.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Play with heart. Play with living soul.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Don't hurry, don't rest. Without stopping, without haste, carefully taking one step at a time will surely get you there.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“What does not exist in the environment will not develop in the child. By no means only words or music, but everything, good or bad, is absorbed by the child.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Good or evil, beauty or ugliness, daily behaviour itself becomes ones flesh and blood before one realizes it. It becomes habit through repetition.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“There is no born genius. Education is the way to develop ability.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Perhaps it is music which will save the world.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“A New World begins with a young child.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Creating desire in your child's heart is the parents duty.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Great music develops and educates high sensitivity in everybody.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Children learn to smile from their parents.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“My dream is for the happiness of all children. I feel respect and friendly feelings for everyone. In particular, I cannot help but feel respect and warm feelings for young children. And my heart brims over with a desire to help make all the children born upon the earth fine human beings, happy people, people of superior ability.”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
“Music is a language that goes beyond speech and letters - a living art that is almost mystical. This is where its emotional impact comes in. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven - without exception they live clearly and palpably in their music, and speak forcefully to us, purifying us, refining us, and awakening in us the highest joy and emotion”
Dr. Shinichi Suzuki
Encompassing almost the entirety of the twentieth century, Suzuki’s life inspired the author to ponder broader historical realities of how the world became more and more culturally internationalized, globalized, and intermeshed, far beyond the realm of politics.