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> [I do not believe, as do so many musicians, that genius should be left to fight its way to the light. Genius is too rare, too precious, to be permitted to waste the best years of life--the years of youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/i-do-not-believe-as-do-so-many-musicians-that-genius-should-be-left/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

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## More by Ignacy Jan Paderewski

> [Every new generation in its hour of dawn, filled with the dreams of youth, its thirsts, intoxications and enthusiasms, thinks itself called upon to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/every-new-generation-in-its-hour-of-dawn-filled-with-the-dreams-of/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/if-i-miss-one-day-of-practice-i-notice-it-if-i-miss-two-days-the/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/if-i-do-not-practice-one-day-i-know-it-if-i-do-not-practice-the-next/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [ I loved your country \[America\] before I knew it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/i-loved-your-country-america-before-i-knew-it/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/beginnings-play-their-prized-part-in-every-finished-human/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/the-genius-is-the-man-who-has-genuine-and-deep-human-relations-with/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/the-pole-listening-to-chopin-listens-to-the-voice-of-his-whole-race/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [Intellectual isolation always follows commercial isolation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/intellectual-isolation-always-follows-commercial-isolation/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/music-expresses-first-of-all-sadness-rather-than-joy/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [Musical expression is never primarily national, but is personal and individual rather. It is so deep, so profound, that it goes beyond and below…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/musical-expression-is-never-primarily-national-but-is-personal-and/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [Rhythm is the pulse of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/rhythm-is-the-pulse-of-music/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/the-mere-fact-of-knowing-that-a-great-audience-waits-on-your-labor-is/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [Music is the only art that actually lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/music-is-the-only-art-that-actually-lives/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [Change follows change in us, almost without transition; we pass from blissful rapture to sobbing woe; a single step divides our sublimest ecstasies from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/change-follows-change-in-us-almost-without-transition-we-pass-from/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

> [I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignacy-jan-paderewski/i-cannot-imagine-a-genuinely-happy-home-without-music-in-it/)

[Ignacy Jan Paderewski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignacy-jan-paderewski/)

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