When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of time.
Jascha HeifetzI occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
Jascha HeifetzIf I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
Jascha Heifetz