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. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
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… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
Every new generation in its hour of dawn, filled with the dreams of youth, its thirsts, intoxications and enthusiasms, thinks itself called upon to… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days,… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
Musical expression is never primarily national, but is personal and individual rather. It is so deep, so profound, that it goes beyond and below… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
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