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> [The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the critics notice, and after three days, so does the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/the-discipline-of-practice-every-day-is-essential-when-i-skip-a-day-i/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

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## More by Jascha Heifetz

> [The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/the-discipline-of-practice-every-day-is-essential-when-i-skip-a-day-i/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/practice-like-it-means-everything-in-the-world-to-you-perform-like/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/if-the-almighty-himself-played-the-violin-the-credits-would-still/)

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> [Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football game merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/can-you-appreciate-music-without-playing-it-yes-you-can-you-can/)

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> [No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/no-matter-what-side-of-an-argument-you-re-on-you-always-find-some/)

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> [I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public's favor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/i-have-discovered-three-things-which-know-no-geographical-borders/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/there-is-no-such-thing-as-perfection-there-are-only-standards-and/)

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> [I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/i-occasionally-play-works-by-contemporary-composers-and-for-two/)

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> [Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/criticism-does-not-disturb-me-for-i-am-my-own-severest-critic-always/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/when-people-come-to-play-music-as-they-do-to-play-bridge-civilization/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [Music has a lot in common with mathematics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to whatever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/music-has-a-lot-in-common-with-mathematics-but-in-music-two-and-two/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [Just make it (his obituary): born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/just-make-it-his-obituary-born-in-russia-first-lesson-at-3-debut-at-7/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/if-i-don-t-practice-one-day-i-know-it-two-days-the-critics-know-it/)

[Jascha Heifetz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jascha-heifetz/)

> [There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jascha-heifetz/there-is-no-top-there-are-always-further-heights-to-reach/)

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