Vladimir Horowitz Quotes
- Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or…
- Perfection itself is imperfection.
- There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists.
- Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.
- My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future.
- False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.
- If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake.
- I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want…
- Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.
- My face is my passport.
- I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.