I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.

A man is not necessarily a master because he happened to compose two or three centuries ago. Let us beware of the worship of mere antiquity.

When I miss a week in practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it.

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

Art must be a slow and normal evolution.

The great familiar musical works are always greeted by the audiences as ever welcome and beloved friends.

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