Chopin was an invalid, as you know, but his music was volcanic.

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.

As the purse is emptied the heart is filled.

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

I am a classical fan. I like Debussy a lot, so I was trying to learn it on the piano. I've learned like a third of it, but I think I'm getting to a section that may be beyond my skill level.

We need the sea. We need a place to stand and touch and listen - to feel the pusle of the world as the surf rolls in.

May the suffering of all beings be pacified.

You bring yourself to every role, it doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter if it's a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.

What is an aristocrat? A woman who is never sullied by vulgarity, although she may be surrounded by it.

When I retired, I felt that I lived more in that year than I had the previous 27 years of my life.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

The sky is the sky wherever you go.