"Can't you read? The score demands "con amore," and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!"

This quote by Arturo Toscanini is a criticism of an artist's efficiency. He is informing the artist that they are not playing the score with the feeling and enthusiasm that it needs. The phrase "con amore" is an Italian phrase significance "with love" and is often used to describe a passionate efficiency. Toscanini is indicating that the musician is playing ball game as if they are tired and withdrawn, like "family men" who have become contented in their relationship. He is recommending that the artist requires to put more feeling and feeling into their performance in order to do justice to ball game. This quote is a pointer to artists to always aim to carry out with enthusiasm and emotion, no matter how familiar they are with the piece.