Quotes
- Explaining why he preferred conducting the Berlin Philharmonic to the Vienna Philharmonic: "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."
- "Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low" http://www.karajan.org
- Isaiah Berlin referred to Karajan as "a genius, with a whiff of sulphur about him".
- A New York City taxi driver asks him where to go, Karajan replies "No matter - I am in demand everywhere."
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