Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiJust as surely as every new language mastered opens up a new world, so knowledge of a Beethoven, a Chopin, or a Schumann opens up a new world in spiritual beauty and thought.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThere 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.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski