The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the critics notice, and after three days, so does the audience.
Jascha HeifetzCriticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this constant struggle that makes music fascinating to me.
Jascha HeifetzThere is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.
Jascha Heifetz