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.
Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.
Art must be a slow and normal evolution.
The ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty.
America, the country of my heart, my second home.
Chopin was an invalid, as you know, but his music was volcanic.