The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for originality, but who realizes the value of artistic tradition.

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

Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.

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

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.

Fatherland before everything, art afterward.