“Art has to do with self-doubt, renewing yourself,
being open to all the possibilities of perceiving music, pursuing music, having
great joy on stage, sharing music. That should be the goal above anything:
communicating being there in the moment, giving it your all. Of course, you are
aiming for technical perfection because that’s the groundwork from which you
can take off like a bird. That’s like being an athlete. [Retired Swiss tennis
great] Federer has been exemplary and a great inspiration for me personally
because he always brought so much passion, precision, joy and persistence to
his game. That pretty much sums up what being an artist is about.”— German violinist
Anne-Sophie Mutter, quoted by Ariane Todes, “
Master of the Strings: Mutter on Tennis’s Roger Federer,” BBC Music Magazine, June 2023
The photo accompanying this post was taken of Roger
Federer serving during the Qatar Exxonmobil Open in Doha, on January 4, 2012, by
Vinod Divakaran.
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