Art must be a slow and normal evolution.
Intellectual isolation always follows commercial isolation.
You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.
If I don't practise for one day, I know it; if I don't practise for two days, the critics knows it; if I don't practise for three days, the audience knows it.
There have been a few moments when I have known complete satisfaction, but only a few. I have rarely been free from the disturbing realization that my playing might have been better.