True originality has its foundations in the soul, not in the mind, and when there is an effort to create something different it is usually a failure. Beethoven or Schumann or Chopin did not try to be original. They were original.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThe ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiWhen I miss a week in practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski