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 HeifetzWhen 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 have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public's favor.
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 Heifetz