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.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiIf I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThe ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski