Ignacy Jan Paderewski quotes
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“If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.”
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“There flows throughout our whole history a stream of humanity, of generosity, of tolerance, so broad, so powerful, and so pure that it would be vain indeed to look for a similar one in the past of any other European country.”
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski -
“If I don't practise for one day, I know it; if I don't practise for two days, the critics knows it; if I don't practise for three days, the audience knows it.”
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski -
“If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.”
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“Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.”
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski -
“When I miss a week in practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it.”
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“I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.”
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski -
“You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.”
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski -
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“Art is the expression of the immortal part of man.”
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“Before I was a genius I was a drudge.”
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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