Jascha Heifetz Quotes

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• No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
• Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this…
• If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order.
• Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Â Perform like you don't give a damn.
• I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public's favor.
• Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football game merely for…
• There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high…
• Music has a lot in com­mon with math­e­mat­ics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to what­ever you wish.
• If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
• I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself…
• There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.
• 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 side.

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