Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good... Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
“At breakfast, I might pass a Brahms symphony in my head. Then I am called to the phone, and half an hour later I… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I feel that special secret current between the public and me. I can hold them with one little note in the air, and they… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
...no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings." "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
My father, good or bad, mistakes or no, had a direct line from his heart to the music to the people, to the audience.… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition. — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
“There is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of the act and what it brings.” — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I sit own to practice and there is no one else in the room, I have to stifle an impulse to ring… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I'm passionately involved in life: I love its change, its color, its movement. To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
Yes, I am very lucky, but I have a little theory about this. I have noticed through experience and observation that providence, nature, God,… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image