I am nothing! If you could know the dream of what I would like to be, you would realize how little I have accomplished. — 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
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
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
Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share
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
The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share
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
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
Change follows change in us, almost without transition; we pass from blissful rapture to sobbing woe; a single step divides our sublimest ecstasies from… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share
