Yehudi Menuhin: Quotes about teachers

Yehudi Menuhin was American violinist and conductor. Explore interesting quotes on teachers.

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“I've had marvelous and incredible luck, and devoted parents, sisters, friends, and teachers. What more can one ask? These things contribute enormously. Probably the major part of one's success is due to these factors.”

As stated in his interview with Martyn Lewis in Lewis' book, Reflections on Success(1997)

“The teacher offers guidance here and there, but the primary factor, the driving force, in your relationship and work together is the student's own commitment and desire to learn. Teaching is like sailing: The wind and the sails give the boat its motion. Your role (as a teacher) is to steer and guide.”

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin

“There comes a time when the student turns his back on the teacher. His playing cannot have the necessary security, autonomy, self-faith, or communicative power until he believes his interpretation is his own.”

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin

“The idea that a pupil is a passive recipient, a container waiting to be filled by the teacher's knowledge and instruction - all this is nonsense. Teaching is a living relationship, of give and take, of mutual learning.”

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin

“The best teacher is the one who himself has had to struggle to learn.”

Violinist Yehudi Menuhin