Art is the expression of the immortal part of man.

If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.

I owe my sucess in one per cent to my talent, in ten per cent to luck, and in ninety per cent to hard word. Work, work, and more work is the secret to success.

I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.

You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.

The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

The very essence of success is practice.

When one is an artist, what else can he be?

Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.

Forgiveness is a process, an admittedly difficult one that often can feel like a rigorous spiritual practice.

Ten thousand times I've done my best and all's to do again.

I operate with this sense of needing to live up to what I am asking of people. I am, by far, my own worst critic.

Teach the student first, the music second and the piano third.

What's frustrating as an actor, when you want to work hard, you can only work once that phone rings and then you can only work until the production wraps. Then you have to find another job.

Ideas are the old-age of art. Artists have to keep young; they must not think too much - thought is death, while art is life. Such was Emile's viewpoint.

George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive.

But it seems to me that if God had intended for you to cover your face then, in His wisdom, He would have provided you with a flap of skin for the purpose.

Expectation is a powerful attractive force.

Right after liberal Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans.