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title: "4 Play Master Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Play Master quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Play Master sayings and thoughts."
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> [The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-ellington/the-wise-musicians-are-those-who-play-what-they-can-master/)

[Duke Ellington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-ellington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28a/duke-ellington-7513_music_the-wise-musicians-are-those-who-play-wh_822662.jpg)

> [By positional play a master tries to prove and exploit true values, whereas by combinations he seeks to refute false values ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emanuel-lasker/by-positional-play-a-master-tries-to-prove-and-exploit-true-values/)

[Emanuel Lasker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emanuel-lasker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/emanuel-lasker-13485_assessment_by-positional-play-a-master-tries-to-pro_1227313.jpg)

> [“Milkparade "If you can master nonsense as well as you have already learned to master sense, then each will expose the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malaclypse-the-younger/milkparade-if-you-can-master-nonsense-as-well-as-you-have-already/)

[Malaclypse the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malaclypse-the-younger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/malaclypse-the-younger-29698_existentialism_milkparade-if-you-can-master-nonsense-as_1432478.png)

> [When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-schumann/when-you-play-do-not-trouble-yourself-as-to-who-is-listening-yet/)

[Robert Schumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-schumann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/robert-schumann-11519_listening_when-you-play-do-not-trouble-yourself-as_1444280.jpg)

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