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title: "2 Dynamics Quotes By Vladimir Horowitz"
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> [If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/if-you-want-me-to-play-only-the-notes-without-any-specific-dynamics-i/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

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> [I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/i-must-tell-you-i-take-terrible-risks-because-my-playing-is-very/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

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## More by Vladimir Horowitz

> [Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/your-mind-must-control-but-you-must-have-heart-give-your-feeling-free/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [I have no style, because I change each time . . . each day I play differently. Today I play differently than yesterday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/i-have-no-style-because-i-change-each-time-each-day-i-play/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/always-there-should-be-a-little-mistake-here-and-there-i-am-for-it/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/everyone-goes-to-the-forest-some-go-for-a-walk-to-be-inspired-and/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [The most important thing is to make a percussive instrument a singing instrument. Teachers should stress this aspect in their instruction, but it seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/the-most-important-thing-is-to-make-a-percussive-instrument-a-singing/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Behind the notes, something different is told, and that's what the interpreter must find out. He may sit down and play one passage one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/behind-the-notes-something-different-is-told-and-that-s-what-the/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Scriabin, as you know, is a mystic composer. His music is supersensuous, superromantic, and supermysterious. Everything is super; it is all a little overboard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/scriabin-as-you-know-is-a-mystic-composer-his-music-is-supersensuous/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/you-have-to-open-the-music-so-to-speak-and-see-what-s-behind-the/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Scriabin slept with Chopin under his pillow, and I slept with Wagner under mine. I could not concentrate on memorizing Bach fugues, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/scriabin-slept-with-chopin-under-his-pillow-and-i-slept-with-wagner/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/my-future-is-in-my-past-and-my-past-is-my-present-i-must-now-make-the/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [The score is not a bible, and I am never afraid to dare. The music is behind those dots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/the-score-is-not-a-bible-and-i-am-never-afraid-to-dare-the-music-is/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/if-you-want-me-to-play-only-the-notes-without-any-specific-dynamics-i/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Life is very busy now. I find that in today's cities, the public is very tired after working the whole day. When concerts start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/life-is-very-busy-now-i-find-that-in-today-s-cities-the-public-is/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [I loved singing. But can you imagine my voice in an opera house?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/i-loved-singing-but-can-you-imagine-my-voice-in-an-opera-house/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

> [Piano playing consists of common sense, heart and technical resources. All three should be equally developed. Without common sense you are a fiasco, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-horowitz/piano-playing-consists-of-common-sense-heart-and-technical-resources/)

[Vladimir Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-horowitz/)

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